Black Friday Sales

Black Friday sales are trickling out early all over the internet. I used to love shopping on Black Friday, but as I have gotten older, this is not as exciting anymore. If I do see a good deal somewhere, I will go see if I can snag the deal, but I will not be out at the wee hours of the morning as the stores open.

If you are interested in checking out the deals early, you might want to start searching the internet now. There are tons of sites this year that are reporting the deals ahead of time. Two that I have checked out are below. They seems pretty thorough.

http://bfads.net

www.blackfriday.info

Happy shopping!

-Denise

Target Will Price Match Walmart This Holiday Season

Check out this article.
http://www.realclearmarkets.com/news/ap/finance_business/2008/Nov/17/target_plans_price_cuts_despite_lower_3q_earnings.html

Sorry for the crazy length of the link. It gives details of how the current economic situation is effecting Target's profits and why they have decided to price match some products this holiday season. My best advice is if you see a product cheaper at Walmart, ask Target if they will price match. With the holiday toy coupons Target is pushing this year, you could really get big savings. If you have not seen them, check out this link. http://sites.target.com/site/en/spot/page.jsp?title=toy_coupons_main


Here is the most important piece of the artice as far as price matching.

During the holidays, Target will remain "keenly focused" on offering low prices on national brands and its own products and will match Wal-Mart prices on identical items in local markets, said Kathryn Tesija, Target's executive vice president of merchandise.
The company will also offer half a dozen "value items" online every day at special prices.
"We have taken a very aggressive point of view this year in terms of our promotional pricing, so we expect to be price leaders on selected items in our circular," Steinhafel said. "This is not unlike what we've done in the past. But given the current environment and recognizing how challenging it is, we will be even sharper than we have in prior years."

Britax Deal Not Being Honored

The Britax deal I posted the other day is not being honored by Target. They are canceling orders with no notification. If you go back in and check your order status, the order has likely disappeared. There are reports a few orders were put through before Target caught their error. I think Target should 1) email customers that orders were canceled and 2) at the very least provide a coupon or discount code as an apology for their mistake.

Oh well...

-Denise

Britax Car Seats-Really Cheap!

If you are in need of a new car seat, this is quite a steal. Britax Marathons are normally $279.99, and they are on MASSIVE clearance at Target/Amazon. These are awesome convertible car seats that are never found at these prices. Get one while they last.

Britax Marathon in Cowmooflage $59.99http://www.target.com/Britax-Marathon-Convertible-Car-Seat/dp/B000YSP0VM/sr=1-8/qid=1226880837/ref=sr_1_8/187-9734177-8109120?ie=UTF8&index=target&rh=k%3Abritax%20marathon&page=1

Britax Marathon in Granite $42.99http://www.target.com/Britax-Marathon-Convertible-Car-Seat/dp/B000YSNMG2/sr=1-9/qid=1226880837/ref=sr_1_9/187-9734177-8109120?ie=UTF8&index=target&rh=k%3Abritax%20marathon&page=1

I don't have links for Amazon, but I have read that the deals are there as well. This deal was originally found here http://neverpayretailagain.blogspot.com/2008/11/britax-mararthons-only-4299-save-237.html, it is a great blog on a wide variety of deals and steals.

-Denise

Old Navy and I Go a Little Greener

I am really trying to be a little greener. I am trying to recycle everything that can be recycled, using reusable water bottles, and trying to be better with wasting electricity (which is a good frugal idea too.) My new focus is trying to use reuseable totes for gorceries and other purchases. I have a few for groceries and plan to add to them by purchasing a few more on each shopping trip. My biggest problem is that I forget to take them out of the trunk of my car before I go into the store. When I do forget, and I get more of plastic bags sent home instead, I save them and reuse them around the house for lining the diaper pail. The ones that aren't not repurposed are collected and taken back to the grocery store and deposited into a recycling bin inside the main doors. Most grocery stores have recycling available for plastic grocery bags. It is easy to do, so give it a try!

One of my favorite stores to purchse my son clothes at is also going a little greener. Old Navy has a stuff a bag sale several times a year. They normally send you a plastic bag in the mail or you can pick one up at the store. Everything you can stuff in the bag is then 20% off at the register. You can save a lot of money with this sale. The next one is coming up November 14-26. Instead of sending another plastic bag into my house, Old Navy mailed me a card to pick up a free, reuseable tote bag for the upcoming sale. I think this is great! While there are still way to many plastic bags being used every day, at least this store is trying to join the green movement. The advertisement I received does say that it is only available in select markets. Luckily my area looks to be included. If you are interested in more information, or want to get a code that can be used online, check out www.oldnavy.com/bag.