Day 2- Black Friday/General Shopping Tricks & Tips
I use to get up early with my momma and go shopping for Black Friday, but I can't remember the last time I was able to go...Lets see...2 years ago I was in labor and delivered Ty on Thanksgiving and last year I was too pregnant with Storie and delivered her 3 days after Thanksgiving. LOL. Plus I've just about got all my shopping done for Christmas, but I will tell you how I go about it.
Tyler and Storie are pretty easy to shop for right now so usually starting in August/September I will start getting them something every paycheck and stash it away in the closet. This gets a bit tricky because their birthdays are November 22 & November 29th so I'm buying birthday presents and than Christmas presents. This year I got them about 6 presents each and a combined 'Santa' present. I think next year I'm going to try the "want, need, wear, read" approach to their presents. I read it somewhere and now I can't quite remember where. But its obvious you get each child something that they want, something that they need, something to wear, and than a book or two to read. I think its a cute idea. Plus it cuts down on all the toys. We'll see....I LOVE buying presents for people, especially them so we'll take it a day at at time. ;)
This year I got Ty a firetruck, converse sneakers, Talking Woody, and a bike! Storie is getting a tea set, a fridge magnet set thing, a Jessie doll, converse sneakers, and a pair of earrings. They are each getting daddy dolls and their combined present is a kitchen set! I CAN NOT wait for the daddy dolls. It's a 12in replica of daddy in his uniform, I figured we'd get them now before deployment comes up...............soon (ugh)
anyways so this post was mainly what I got instead of how I got them, but oh well. The major point is I start early and use coupons!
I use to get up early with my momma and go shopping for Black Friday, but I can't remember the last time I was able to go...Lets see...2 years ago I was in labor and delivered Ty on Thanksgiving and last year I was too pregnant with Storie and delivered her 3 days after Thanksgiving. LOL. Plus I've just about got all my shopping done for Christmas, but I will tell you how I go about it.
Tyler and Storie are pretty easy to shop for right now so usually starting in August/September I will start getting them something every paycheck and stash it away in the closet. This gets a bit tricky because their birthdays are November 22 & November 29th so I'm buying birthday presents and than Christmas presents. This year I got them about 6 presents each and a combined 'Santa' present. I think next year I'm going to try the "want, need, wear, read" approach to their presents. I read it somewhere and now I can't quite remember where. But its obvious you get each child something that they want, something that they need, something to wear, and than a book or two to read. I think its a cute idea. Plus it cuts down on all the toys. We'll see....I LOVE buying presents for people, especially them so we'll take it a day at at time. ;)
This year I got Ty a firetruck, converse sneakers, Talking Woody, and a bike! Storie is getting a tea set, a fridge magnet set thing, a Jessie doll, converse sneakers, and a pair of earrings. They are each getting daddy dolls and their combined present is a kitchen set! I CAN NOT wait for the daddy dolls. It's a 12in replica of daddy in his uniform, I figured we'd get them now before deployment comes up...............soon (ugh)
anyways so this post was mainly what I got instead of how I got them, but oh well. The major point is I start early and use coupons!
2 comments:
Great tips! I think it is so neat that you have two Thanksgiving babies!
Too cute! Love the tips! Sorry about the deployment, I am in one of those myself! :) New follower!
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