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One store was 70%, one was still 50%. I was lazy and didn't go out until 8pm, but still got a fair amount of stuff. The 50% store had way less stuff. My most exciting find was candy cane stocking holders. I've been wanting those for 2 years from Bed Bath & Beyond, but couldn't justify the price. I never even saw them at Target until tonight. Yay!!

Yay! I got done about 30 minutes ago, winding down then heading to bed. Goodnight and merry Christmas! Hope everything goes smooth for everyone and y'all have a great day!

I think I am finally done, yay! In a few minutes I will pull everything out from under the tree and rearrange with all the new additions. Gotta wait for the cat to finish her nap, under the tree is her favorite sleeping spot. Today I will make jelly and some dough, then tomorrow I will start with cookies and candies.

I'll have to look for that email when I get home. I went to use my Target Debit last night, and it wouldn't work. It was late so I didn't bother going to guest services, but I'm sure it was suspended because of this. I hope a new card comes soon, I hate missing the 5%! But I'd rather be safe.

Well apparently the winners from tonight's show are from my town. I remember seeing their display growing up, and as it grew. Yay for them! Guess I should go by and see it this weekend.

I pulled out the Christmas shirts I got last year, and I had got his brother an ugly sweater looking t-shirt. He first said he would wear that, then said he wanted an actual sweater. He doesn't wear sweaters. And he wears uniforms to school, so that was an odd request. But he will still wear it out places.

DS17 requested an ugly Christmas sweater. He'll wear it too...

My tree is up... But 2 more sections of lights are out. 1 section went out last year. Tomorrow I will go buy more lights for it, and guess I'll be on the lookout for a tree on clearance. I am too tired to do anything else tonight, but I'll get everything decorated this weekend.

I hit that limit last night too! I did not know there was one. It is not done by the cashier, it is automatic. The cashier said she had never seen that either. But the manager over rode it, and the last 2 went through fine. They were laughing at me. You can still use your $13 in RR. I don't have one in front of me, so I'm not sure what the expiration is, but it will be a while. You should be good to go back today or tomorrow and spend those. I came across 2 interesting things. The Venus razors triggered a $4 coupon to print at the register. So they paid me a dollar for them. Also, the last thing I bought was 6 packs of Cottonelle. That triggered a $3 RR. I'm not sure what the trigger amount was of those. There was only one other person there shopping when I got there, and she had a pretty small order. I felt bad though, it was her first time, and she didn't know to split the orders, so everything and to be returned and redone. After that, I was the only one there. I was there for about 1 hr 45 minutes. The cashier and manager were awesome and patient. I have both their names for the survey.

I made this chart to help me figure out the deals. Best Buy $100/$80 20% Office Depot 15% 15% Office Max $10 off/$50 20% Sams $100/$79.88 20% Target $60/$50 17% TRU $10 off/$50 20% Walgreens Buy 2 $25 cards Get $15 GC 30% The last column is the % discount. Walgreens has the highest.

The cheapest place would probably be to check eBay. I don't think I've seen any of the keyboard covers on sale anywhere.

Yay, got mine in! Keep in mind, the time on the tracker is done by Brad as a Courtesy, based on a best guess. It is not controlled by Best Buy at all. I'm not even sure it states in their ad what time it will start, it just says you can shop Thanksgiving Day. So please don't give Brad a hard time, he works hard for us here.

We have this keyboard, and it is awesome http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-U6R-00001-Wedge-Mobile-Keyboard/dp/B008OEHPKM/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1385602835&sr=1-1&keywords=wedge+keyboard Bonus is that the cover for the keyboard doubles as a stand for the tablet.

Well, it looks like no tablet buying for me. Daughter has said she does not want one, would not use it. So sad, I was so excited for all the deals available this year! Oh well. Just now have to figure out what to buy her instead!

I just got mine today.

No. Apparently paychecks aren't credited until 3am, and the sale was over. But that's okay, I've always been able to get those flash drives on Wednesday night, and at least 3 places will have the PS3, so I'm not worried. Just sad I finally qualified for the preview and couldn't do it!

I can speak highly of the Lenovo. But it's got an Atom processor, so it's a tad bit slower than the Surface Pro. The Surfaces that are on sale are last year's RTs. Those are lower powered than the full win 8 tablets. Heavy websites are pretty slow. But for plain Office stuff, it should work well. remember, if you buy a non-RT, you will have to also purchase Office.

250GB

Yep, know what you mean. There don't seem to be a lot of posts on Surface or Windows 8 tablets here, not many fans. So I try to post them as I come across them and answer questions as I can. Good luck, hope you can still find one! I'm going to probably try the eBay deal, that's the next best one.

So, I never got an email, but I had a banner at the top when I logged in telling me I qualified. Yay! Unfortunately I don't get paid until tomorrow (well after midnight tonight). Boo. But, I have everything in my cart, and also open in separate tabs, and my husband is going to stay up and order them tonight. Yay! At the rate I'm going, I'll have all my shopping done before BF. Then what will I do Friday?? I guess go to Walgreens for more free stuff...

Boo, hope you can get one! My husband nonchalantly mentioned this deal to me a bit ago, he read it on one of his techie sites earlier today. I was like WHY didn't you tell me this earlier?! I need to let everyone on GD know! He said he'd be sure to tell me things sooner next time...

Microcenter has the surface with keyboard for $179, in store only. Not sure what the dates are, but it is supposedly live now. No stores here.

Great price! I have the Lenovo Thinkpad 2, which is the business line, and it's great.

FYI, Microsoft Store will also have them $199 Black Friday, no keyboard, so same as Best Buy. But still nice to know all the back-up places!

They both click in. But they do not have an extra battery like the Asus do.