Black Friday, Cyber Monday Addiction

This is only the 2nd or 3rd year that I have ever shopped Black Friday & Cyber Monday sales but let me tell you so far this year has done the most damage!!  First of all Amazon and its Black Friday, Cyber Monday & Top Holiday Deals are like crack...everyday the Man and I check out what deals are going on and then we check back multiple times a day to see if they added anything good and check the prices on things that caught our eye.

Only 2 of Jackson's gifts were not purchased on any of the deals mentioned above.  And 2 of his gifts combined costed us a whole whopping $1.00 because of the $30 in Kohls cash we received for ordering another Christmas gift that was super cheap! So needless to say Jackson is getting way more gifts than we planned on giving him and we still are way under our budget we set!!  I actually just purchased what I think is his finally gift from an Amazon Top Holiday Deal: its a Melissa & Doug Deluxe Chomp & Clack Alligator Push Toy, regular price $49.99 it was on sale for $35.87 and the Amazon Top Holiday Deal was $26.99. That's 46% off from the regular price!!

the Man and I also came across other deals that we didn't need but totally wanted: Clothes from Express, Victoria Secret & Kohls; Le Creuset 8-piece set from Amazon; a variety of Blu-Rays from Target & Amazon and a few other things that I know I am forgetting about.

Needless to say Amazon really needs to stop with all of these deals!!!

Holiday's are approaching!

October is almost over....Holy Crap 2012 is almost over!!!  In my world the holiday season has started full force.  Not sure if other people notice/realize but holiday baking stuff was on full display since October 1st...I spent way to many hours building a display and now my hours at work have been used to keep this holiday baking display full.

I am so excited this year for the holidays...between the fact that the Man will be home to celebrate with me and that we get to start our own family holiday traditions with Jackson!!!!!  I mean seriously I really did enjoy having Nicki around last year for Thanksgiving and Black Friday Shopping but KFC just isn't the same as an amazing Thanksgiving day meal.

Last year was the first year I ever went Black Friday Shopping and let me tell you I scored some really awesome deals!  Most of them were actually ordered online for either a black friday or cyber monday sale.  With wanting to give Jackson an amazing Christmas I am really hoping to get some great deals on Black Friday or Cyber Monday again.  I have already created a Christmas list for Jackson using Amazon...did you know that you can add things to an Amazon wish list from other websites and that you can share your wish list with select people, the public or keep it private!  My Dad has already asked me what Jackson wants/needs for Christmas so I have already sent the link out to a few people.  The other great thing about the Amazon list is that the products that are on the list from Amazon let me know if the price is cheaper than when I first added the product to the wish list....this is the part that I am hoping helps me get awesome deals during the holiday sales! 

The Man and I also have a pretty big gift that we want to get for ourselves as a Christmas/Anniversary gift...a new tv.  The tv we have picked out is the LG 55 inch Google tv.....currently it is WAY out of our price range but I am crossing my fingers that in a month it will be there!

I really really enjoy finding and giving people gifts that I think they will enjoy.  I already have purchased a few Christmas gifts for people and have been searching for other potential gifts to help make other people's holidays just as amazing as mine!!


Well this is enough rambling about stuff that really doesn't matter :) 

Hopeful Black Friday Sale!

For the first time EVER I am going to attempt Black Friday shopping.  Now last year the Man and I went to Target on Black Friday but we didn't get up early or any of that jazz.  We just randomly decided to go check it out that afternoon and ended up coming home with a blu-ray player.

Now this year with a baby on the way I decided I am going to try and take advantage of all the savings.  I even managed to talk Nicki into going with ok maybe I guilted her by saying that it was for the baby and if she was going to be a good aunt she had to help.  

I only have one thing that I really want to get...the Graco Quattro Tour Reverse Travel System Stroller. The one I want is at Babies-R-Us and conveniently there is a store located 30 minutes away! I really have my heart set on getting this EXACT travel system and here is why.  This stroller allows you to reverse the seat so the baby can either face the outside world like a normal stroller OR you can flip the seat so the baby will then face you.  Now the one I picked out is $300 for the combo and there are similar types of strollers that are cheaper.  Here is my problem with them. On all of the other ones I have looked at the stroller handle is what flips, which then makes the back wheels become the front wheels....the problem with that is that the back wheels don't turn so now you can really only push your stroller straight when the baby is facing you, LAME!!  The stroller I like the whole seat flips, leaving the handle in place so the front wheels always stay the front wheels.  So in case you didn't understand anything I was just trying to explain you can read about it on the Babies-R-Us site.