EmConMom

#1 Neither rain, nor snow, nor death of the night, can keep us from our duty......getting great deals!! #2 Hey you all warm? Temps are great in here :-) #3 Must. Stay. Awake.

I'm officially excited for Christmas now! I needed a 'big' ad to be released!

#1 An electric fence in disguise will assure that people heed the warning "NO LINE JUMPING" #2 Surrounded by the comforts of home, John Doe giggles at the thought of selling his PS3 on ebay for quadruple the price!!!! #3 I am armed with a tazer.....be nice, I repeat BE NICE!

Oh,Black Friday Joys stand in line to get the toys For our girls and boys!

We wrap ours and then hide them in our empty luggage in the closet/attic. Larger things are in the garage under my husbands work bench with tarps, tools and random 'garage things' on top.

Wow! A contest entry along with lots of great recipes: Our favorite Christmas cookies are M&M meringue cookes. 2 egg whites 1/2 cup granulated sugar pinch of cream of tarter 3/4 cup holiday m&m's With room temp. egg whites beat and cream of tarter until foamy SLOWLY add sugar beating until stiff peaks form GENTLY Fold in M&M's Drop onto greased cookie sheet Bake at 250 for 25-30 minutes. Yield 1-2 dozen Can't wait to start chrismas baking!!!

My DD6 has chapstick on her list. My ds3 wants yellow stuff. LOL

WOW! What a Black Friday. 1 hr of sleep, at walmart at 3am, shop and out by 5:15, target by 545, out of target by 630, acmoore(craft store), breakfast, kmart, gamestop, target#2, walmart #2 and home! Whew, Now I"m off for a nap!

I agree with you Illinoismom, I believe we had this same debate last year or the year before. Please don't let it get to you, its very easy to judge when you have no clue about other or their reasons for layaway. For me, it saved me time. I put everyones presents on layaway at 1 time, didn't have to run from store to store, everything was nice and convenient in one place. Oh well, things change, nothing I say will or will not bring it back.

1. South Pole 2 Manger/crib 3. Margaret Hamilton 4. The Ames Brothers 5. Neiman Marcus 6. Sugar Plums

1. No 2. Receives a marzipan 3. Sled 4. snowman 5. in the shower 6. The House without a Christmas

Scapple is just as its name suggests...the SCRAPS of meat made into bricks/loaves. I live in Lancaster County PA, the heart of Amish Country and my family eats this stuff up. I personally HATE it! My parents always made it as part of our 'special' Christmas breakfast. http://www.accidentalhedonist.com/index.php/2005/02/06/fear_thy_name_is_scrapple Sorry, didn't see the the other answers to what is scrapple before I posted! My apologies!

Yes I have always had a pt job as a pharmacy tech, but I have just started as an Usborne Book consultant and hope to use any extra cash I make at that straight to Christmas shopping funds. :-)

Now that Labor day is over, I'm officially in Black Friday Mode!!! YAY!! The planning and mapping is some of the best parts for me!

I work only 2- evenings per week Friday is not one of those, so I always have the whole day off. Dh takes a vacation day every year so that he can watch the kids.