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We normally shop in-store at Walmart, Meijer, Menards Bath & Bodyworks and maybe Kohls. Online I buy from wherever I see a good deal, usually Kohls or Amazon. I'll occasionally get an email from various online places with good deals so I might order from those places too. I don't really know where my favorite place is to shop, I guess just wherever I can find the best deals.

I've never thought of purchasing travel during Black Friday. I'll have to keep an eye out and see if I can find any good deals for the upcoming summer.

1. "I can't believe she's grabbing that last DVD player...that's exactly what I came out for today. Maybe if I give her the death glare she'll let me have it." 2. "Playing security guard over all these goodies is awfully tiring." 3. "We scored the TV we wanted for our bedroom! See, I told you not to bother getting dressed! We'll just go home, hook it up and jump back into bed and watch it."

Agree...Kohls throws. I don't need anymore and neither does anyone I know!

I went to the pumpkin patch with my sister and niece on Sunday and got a little color on my chest where my v-neck shirt was. It was in the 80s that day, Monday, Tuesday and today. Tomorrow the cooler weather is supposed to be here. I can't believe BF is almost here! Hopefully we'll see some ads soon.

There isn't anything specific I'm looking for this year. My kids were happy with pretty much anything when they were younger but now they're 24 & 30 and just buy what they want. It's so difficult finding them anything. And to even get a list from them...forget it! I do think I'm going to do a visit to a trampoline park for my niece and nephew but have to do some research on it and see what all it includes and such.

Standing in long lines Doesn't happen anymore I will still go out

With the economy being so crazy right now (especially the high food prices), I was wondering how everyone's spending will be this year. Our grocery bill has gone up so much lately and I just buy for the 2 of us. I have been putting money aside for Christmas so I don't think my spending will be much different than any other year. Will you be spending more, less or about the same on Christmas gifts this year?

Mine came yesterday, no postage due. Thanks, Brad!

Is it that time of year already?! This is seriously one of my favorite things about the Christmas season! Edited to add: INFO SENT!!

Same here. I DO NOT need any more Alexas though! I have 4 in our house now but I just couldn't pass up the great deals they had on them at the time.

I like early sales so I can stretch out my shopping (and money) over time instead of buying everything on the same day (although I have set money aside for Christmas). However, I don't see anything I need listed here.

I always go BF shopping with my sister (we have been going for almost 25 years now) and we'll probably do that again this year. I don't foresee needing anything big this year and even if I do, the last few years we have been able to order online before BF anyway. I guess time will tell.

No definite plans yet but we usually go to my sister's house. They live in a bigger town and have the stores we go to for Black Friday. Not that we have to go since you can get things online before then, but it's a tradition we've been doing for close to 25 years.

I love when the sub-forums open up...it means it's getting close!

I love seeing this...it means Black Friday is right around the corner! And for some reason I was thinking last year was year 20 for GottaDeal. Am I thinking incorrectly?

Checking in for September. Temps are supposed to be in the upper 80s/90s this weekend and into the week. I’m soaking up all the summer I can…I definitely don’t do well in cold weather.

Happy August! We just got home from our vacation in Florida. It was a wonderful trip...till the way home. Long story short, last flight got canceled and we spent over 24 hours stuck in the airport. I've never been so glad to get home in my life! I'm going to need a vacation just to recover from this one!

Happy Birthday!!

Where is summer going?! I do have our vacation planned for mid to late July and I can't wait for that, but I don't want to wish away my summer.

Yikes! High was only 60* here today! I got to wear my GottaDeal jacket again!

June!! June and July are my favorite months for a couple reasons. For one I just can't do the cold weather and the second reason is because I work at a school, I get summers off. Once we get to the end of July though I start getting panic-y because I know school is about to start mid August. I did plan our vacation from mid to end of July so I do have that to look forward to.

The only good thing about the unseasonably cooler weather is that I'm still wearing my GottaDeal jacket!!

Hard to believe it's May. April went by pretty quickly and we definitely don't have May weather. It's windy, cold and rainy with a few snowflakes thrown in for good measure. The outlook for next week is better and only 17 days of school left! Woo hoo!!

I just can't believe this weather! Last week we broke the record high temperature 2 days and today we are cold, windy and snow showers off and on. I was hoping winter was outta here! I did have a great weekend, though, before it got cold. I won tickets to a concert on Saturday. My son and I saw Aaron Tippin, Collin Raye and Sammy Kershaw. It was a great time!