I just took a look at Toys R Us Star Wars Lego Sets on behalf of a friend. They are offering buy 1, get the 2nd one 50% off. However, that's based on an inflated list price. I just bought the same items in the store for 10% cheaper than the Cyber price. You really have to be a good comparative shopper and know the product prices to get any kind of deal.

I especially hate Macy's because their prices are all over the board from day-to-day. I always keep checking the online price after I buy something because they have a price match guarantee if an item is priced lower than you paid within 14 days of purchase. I can't tell you how many times I've bought something there that was "the lowest price of the season" only to see it priced lower the next weekend.

Okay, rant over. In answer to your original question, I'm finished with my shopping, so I won't be buying anything tomorrow.

A last minute decision to fly my brother home for the holidays will have me checking Frontiers heavily advertised Cyber Monday fares tonight. Hopefully we can work around the blackout dates these fares are usually subject to.

Very unlike us, DH & I spur-of-the-moment just purchased a snow blower from Walmarts Cyber Monday specials. I don't mind shoveling but last years storms were killer!

The last item I'm looking for is comfortable, clip-on, nickel free earrings. I have pierced but my mother has hinted she'd like to find a nice pair of wearable clip-ons. Not really sure what makes them uncomfortable, though.

J

Tina, I got THE best deal on Friday at Amazon. I needed one more gift for my grandson. I bought him a Fisher Price T-Rex (it's very big!) where it's head and neck moves and it roars like a real Dino. It comes with all sorts of gear to put on it, along with a man, and it shoots spears.

Regular price was $54 and I got it for $29. I checked other toy sites for the same toy and some of them were selling it for over $60!

With free S&H, I got a great deal.

But now I'm finished with all my shopping except for Dirty Santa and Secret Santa gifts.

That is a good deal - almost half price. I don't have much shopping left either - but there may be some good deals out there for myself! LOL

tina

Erm, what is "Dirty Santa"?

Nicole

Every item on my kids' lists....out of stock for shipping.
My favorite is an email for a flip camera at Target advertised for an online price of 49.99. When you go to the website, not only is it listed at 79.99, but it's out of stock for shipping.

Don't you just love that?

It wasn't today, but we got an amazing deal on cell phones from Amazon.com wireless. We got 3 top tier Android phones (2 Motorola Droid Razr and a HTC Rezound) which normally sell for $300 each with a contract for a penny a piece. I think that the deal is still good today, if anyone wants to jump on it. We did have to switch from TMobile to Verizon,as the deal was only good for new contracts or adding a line, but our contract was up, but it would have probably been worth it to pay a small cancellation fee.

Jennifer - Has your mother considering piercing her ears? My mother had 5 babies yet was afraid of the pain in piercing her ears! We were at a mall one day and she saw the "Claire's" store. She asked probing questions. She wanted to do it but was afraid. We went in and talked to the girls. They agreed to pierce them both at the same time. It was a great memory we had together of my mother being so afraid yet it was over in a snap. My mother was almost 70 years old! We had many laughs over that.
I have very sensitive ears and find it easy to find a wide selection of earrings in hypoallergenic or sterling silver. I can also wear 10k gold.

Cyber Monday is almost over here in New Mexico . . . and I took full advantage of it! Two weeks ago, before the holiday craziness switched into high gear, I shopped locally. The day after Thanksgiving, you couldn't tempt me for love or money to face the crush of shoppers in the stores!! I really hate big crowds in stores and, even more so, on the roads and in store/mall parking lots. I shopped online then and again today. I'm now 90% done with all my Christmas shopping, which is a HUGE relief for me. I'm usually a very positive, mellow person but the stress of shopping and cleaning for Christmas really, really gets to me in a bad way if I'm not careful. The truth is, I can be a terrible procrastinator about both, so I'm patting myself on the back about being proactive this year . . . at least so far! I shopped for hours today, in my sweats and slipper socks, on my comfy living room sofa. That's my kind of shopping!
Lynn

Joanie

What a great story. Isn't it funny how some of the smallest impromptu events can make some of the biggest impacts in life? Thanks for sharing.

Yes, my mother has been contemplating getting her ears re-pierced. She had them done 40 years ago but had problems with allergic reactions. Her main pair of earrings used to be diamond solitaries set in white gold. She hasn't had any reaction to other gold jewelry so I suspect this white gold had some nickel in it. I'm pretty sure she is nervous she'll end up with problems again. From her description it was a really uncomfortable, ugly reaction.

Jennifer