Dec 17 2008
Shopping at it’s smartest
I am the master of procrastination, it’s a well known fact among those that know me. So today being one of my last days off till Christmas meant I had to get out and buy those presents. Let me tell you, I had all three of my kids wish lists with me, and I knew what I wanted for my boyfriend and my other friend in California. Not only did I get most of what I wanted, but I also got some great deals.
The place for toys for the boys was Target all the way. They had most of the little action figures, Lego’s, Transformers, and cars that were wanted. They also had some great sales going on, and I was able to walk out with 10 toys, 2 board games, one huge makeup kit for $125.00!! You cannot beat that.
I headed to Walmart next looking for a detective kit for my daughter. She wants one kind of like the one Nancy Drew uses. Ha! Good luck with that one. There is not one detective kit out there. There were spy kits, but not a one of them was close to what she wants. Not only that but Walmart was serious low on toys. They didn’t have the ones they advertised, and I had just checked this morning. I was able to get a few things she wanted, but there didn’t seem to be much else interesting.
Then it was on to Toys R Us, the second most dreaded place for me to be. I cannot stand that store. I hate the high prices, the small tiny aisles, the four out of 15 registers open, the noise, oh I could go on forever. I complain, but I do have to give them credit, they had the other kit my daughter wanted, and that was a microscope kit for older kids. *Happy dance* time. Looks like the detective kit will have to wait until her birthday though, no luck there either.
One more stop, and that was the absolute, all time evil, gosh almighty hell: THE MALL. Simply pulling in the parking lot there makes me angry. It’s like all the happiness leaks out when you get there. I won’t say where I went there, as my boyfriend most likely will read this, and I am NOT spilling the beans this time about what I bought. Lets just say I found a few cool items that I hadn’t thought to buy, and did anyways.
All in all, it wasn’t too bad of a day, and I managed to buy all of that for under $300.00, damn I’m good. Now all I have to do is get the little stocking stuffers, something I love to do. Finding neat little things that fit in there make me chuckle.
