Did you take advantage of this Friday's "doorbusting" Christmas sales?
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every thing in America is about marketing and getting people all hyped up so that they will shop til they drop.\n\ni know exactly what you mean!!
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Haha, good thinking about saving money!\nMe and my friend are going for the same thing, and what we are doing is baking a HUGE batch of different varieties of christmas cookies.\nAfter tying them in cute sacks with ribbon, it looks cute yet obviously time-consuming! The ingredients don't cost much compared to the amount of sacks of cookies you get from it, and since i am doing it with a friend, we are even splitting the costs!\n\nway to hit two birds with one stone :)\n\nelle.moon
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i'm not sure about treadmills. but, as for blackfriday sales. don't do it. my husband and i went 1st thing in the morning 5:30 a.m. last year. it was horrible dealing with the crowds, the weather, and traffic. plus i did not find any steals that i could not find on any other day or time. it really was bad for us. so i hope you can use this information. why don't you try e-bay or the Internet?
972302
No.\nI had a great time at the church outreach last night.\nWe packed the place! It was Great!\nIf you missed it, you missed it.
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I think if you are Christian it is definitely too commercialized. Otherwise, no. I am not a christian so it doesn't really bother me. I think the earlier stores get ready for the holidays, the faster I can get my shopping done with. And if you think about it, there IS a major emphasis on buying, but most of what is being bought, is being given. So in the end it all works out.
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My coworker managed to get 8 of them, and he's putting them up there now.\n\nI saw a couple go for around $40K this morning.\n\n(And one went for $10million... I imagine we'll see a blurb about that shortly... :)
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OMG!!!! Yes it is so much fun I wouldnt miss it for the world you get really good deals and you can see some pretty good arguments and some fights too over the silliest stuff LMAO you will want to get there pretty early like if the store that you go to like walmart starts their sale at 5am I would get there by 330 or if the store is open all night then about 4 have fun and have a great Thanksgiving... here is a link that has most of the ads on there for a lot of stores
920841
wait until after thanksgiving on that week Friday all the major stores have great sales going on
10660
Well today i got up early and did some Christmas shopping for me. I got rest of family done last weekend and sent them out west where they live. I live in Ohio.The rest of the day i cleaned my house and did some laundry. Had chinees food for dinner and will soon go down to bacement to watch movies.. "Christmas vacation""Santa Clause" and "Polar Express".\n Sunday i go to church then see a movie and find someplace to have Dinner.\n  I could have flown out west to have Christmas with family ,but air travel is such a pain and i have to work monday.\n  MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!
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It's like this; I just had 2 weeks off work sick, got my little lads birthday and Xmas coming up.  Not to mention that I got bumped off by Farepak.\n* * * * *\nI've already bet a tenner at the start of the season, but with our comeback expertise & history I might be tempted to have a whirl.\n* * * * *\nNIce one.
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LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL   Shes great!!!!!  lol.   What a fantastic idea!!!   I wonder though whether it caused a row when she got home????????\nWhat could she have done to you?  Taken away your Cash Register and then y ou would have a nice holiday...no work till you got another one lol
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I traditionally leave everything until the last minute.  However, I'm a college student, so I don't really need to do much in the way of decorating or preparing for family to come, except clean a little bit at my parents' house.  \n\nAs far as finding gifts for people, I've already started looking, though I haven't bought anything yet.  Historically, I've waited until the last week or two before Christmas to find gifts, but I'm trying to change that this year.\n\nSo I guess, in reality, I'm still slacking, and just claiming I'm attempting to actually do something this year :-P
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no not yet but you can sign up at www.blackfriday.com  and they will email you when all the shopping lists come out  :)
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Try CraigsList...also, if you can wait til x-mas, retailers have been including laptops as lures to entice shoppers.  Last December, Best Buy had nice ones for $199 (after rebates/AOL offer).  Alternatively, keep your eye on www.slickdeals.net
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Oh god yes. I am going for a brand new job, moving into my boyfriend family home until we move into our newly bought flat and I haven't got the time/money/patience or 'jolliness' in my heart for christmas!
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Well I have 3 kids, aged 5-9..I've already spent $400  and I need to finish up with about $200 worth of more things for them. I've only spent about $100 on my hubby so far. I'm a big clearance shopper (year round) so I don't know how much I've spent on things here and there I have to give out to other family members. I also hit some really, really good sales on Black Friday so I think I stretched my dollars pretty darn well this year.
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In an attempt to sell more wares retailers will do whatever it takes to sell sell sell.\nChristmas originally a religious holiday has been comercialized to the point where a person must not be outdone by others in the giving of gifts.\nwhile giving is the spirit of the season it likely was not intented to break ones bank. Do you really think that the average retailer cares about your finances and if you might over-extend yourself?\n Christmas has been changed, you be the judge of better or worse.