Dd and d-stepson and I are going to JCPenney's at 4. They have all winter coats for 60% off and dh needs a new winter coat badly. Then we're tgoing to head to Walmart then home.

My girls are at grandmas with their cousin and I'm leaving with my retail therapy buddies in about an hour. We're staying at some relatives near Lincoln and leaving before the birds get up to go shopping. We have so much fun getting the best deals. Not necessarily for Christmas either. We've scanned the ad and will plot our course tonite. I noticed younkers had my favorite $80 pillows for 19.99 and several other items I didn't want to pay for UNTIL tommorrow. Some comforters usually over 100 bucks for $25. Fiesta ware sets for $20.00. I need to find my secret sister gifts and a couple ornaments.
I think that the best part of traveling with these buds of mine is that they are so grounded. We know that material items, even at a great price are not near as important as the things we can't see and give thanks for daily.

Hope your dd's have luck getting a laptop. Its way to cold for me! only 20 degrees!

Have fun!

I'm at DS's house now sitting with Ricky and Seth while mom and dad went to Best Buy also. I've been here since 3:00 am....Ricky usually sleeps until 7-8...this morning he woke up at 4:30..so I ain't gettin any sleep here! They went for the camcorder...hope they get the one on sale but I doubt it, they will buy one anyway. Theirs was stolen from their car a few months ago :O(

I'm hoping Ricky falls alseep soon so I can get some sleep before Seth wakes up! It's 5:25 now......my eyes burn!

No, I don't shop for anything but food unless it is an absolute necessity. I'd never go out and fight a crowd. However, my daughter and her boyfriend were talking about going to Best Buy to try and get one of those lap tops. I don't know if they went or not. Knowing them, they probably couldn't wake up in time. :)

WalMart had a pretty decent laptop in early November for under $350. I was suprised to see the still had them in the store for at least a week after that. I was a good price for the computer - it wasn't the best computer - but for that price it was great.

Hope they got their ticket for the laptop!

Any reports back yet Patti. It was so cold last night, I hope they let them wait in the store. 18° now, at 8:07AM. That is to damn cold for me.
Leslie

Brrrrr not me! I don't even know what sales are going on today. DS and DIL are going Christmas shopping today, but the baby sitters are scheduled for 9am. So it won't be an early trip for them.

I can't imagine many "things" I would stay up all night for in 20º weather. I am much too cold natured!!!

I sure hope they were able to get the tickets for the laptops Patti. Let us know!!!

DH and I went to Walmart this AM, I wanted to get chairs for the grandkids (it hooks up to their video games.) They had lots of them, and only $30..so we went, got chairs and came back home all in 40 minutes! Boy was it crowded though and 27 degrees brrrrrrrrrr! Kathy

Well they got home about 6:30 this morning....that was about 11 hours of standing outside in extreme cold. I sure hope they don't get sick.

They had a little propane heater and a big blanket they held over them and the heater...I think it gave Carri a headache breathing that in.

But they both got one of the laptops...

Knowing Carri...after spending all that time freezing...she'll probably take it back....lol

patti

Well...congrats to them! DS and DIL got the last video camera that was on sale for 149.00 and the Nintendo DS bundle package for Ricky....them they went to a few other store and got everything they went out for. I couldn't believe it! They deciced at the last minute in toys R us to get the swing set for 75.00, but after they paid for it and waited for them to bring it out to the car they couldn't find any in the stock room after all. So they had to go back in and get their money back! They were'nt expecting to get it, just a whim, but now they are wanting to get one and pay a little more, maybe a wooden set they have their eye on at Walmart. They did good today...I, on the other hand am still tired, still got no sleep! Early night for me tonight!

we actually went out yesterday evening to gander mtn for DH for gun stuff. he hates shopping but couldn't pass up their deals lol. today was cold for me, 73 and cloudy and gloomy, not conducive to shopping for me but i did get out to target, lowes and borders. got a bunch of stuff (thou nothing for gifts lol) including some 1000 thread ct sheets for only $60 on the set, even their reg price at $120 is a steal for that tread ct. got a bunch of christmas music CD's, my splurge since we find music for free online. i already bought stuff online yesterday and dh is taken care of already, an antique rifle we got last month.

i didn't get up at the crack of dawn, there are no stores outside of NYC or chicago i do that for LOL esp not if the temp is under 80, those places don't do sales anyways lol. i thought the shopping traffic and the stores were really not busy, i was very surprised. i thought for sure by 9am all the things i wanted to pick up would be gone but the only thing i missed out on was a rubbermaid wreath storage box at lowes for $5. i'm ordering all my gift things online so my shopping in stores is pretty much done unless i find more good deals. we pretty much have all we want or need so there's not much to tempt me out there which makes shooping days like today kinda boring lol, i wish i needed some of those things just to shop LOL ~ liz