Christmas catalog

I remember looking at the Sears toy catalog growing up, and I had so much fun circling everything that looked interesting. No, I didn't get everything I circled; actually, most years I did not get anything I circled!.....good thing though, or I would have ended up more spoiled than I am, although, I am still waiting for my pottery wheel and art spinner (ha ha).

Well, we received The Back to the Basics toy catalog in the mail, and I thought it would be fun for our kids to do the same. R circled almost every toy in the catalog. T told everyone she was getting everything she circled. M and P circled the toys I thought they would. G didn't circle anything (he is set on getting the Wii games, which by the way are on sale at Target plus they have a Target printable coupon available. This would make the possibilities of the games to be about $4 something!).

From what I could interpret, the girls want art supplies, a sewing machine, and an archery set. R wants everything, but mostly musical instruments, building sets, and cars. I saw some very neat items that I would get for them if they were cheaper (krazy kar, blocks, karaoke machine, pogo stick, whirly wheels).

We will see though. I think the art supplies are a definitely a possibility, especially for good stocking stuffers. I had bought some used Salomon Roller Blades for two of the kids, since they are always using mine. I thought they would want roller blades for Christmas, but I guess they are just as happy to use mine....only, I am not. This will be a project in itself to find some reasonable priced toys, toys that they would enjoy, toys that help their imagination, and toys that would be fun.

Oh, something funny I forgot to mention is that R asked for a menorah and dreidel set.....mind you, we are Catholic. I don't even think he knows what the toys are, but if it is a toy, he has to have it!

Another deal at Target

This is the week for Target deals. I read this on another site, but unfortunately can't remember which one. It was actually posted on a few. So, I apologize for not naming which site.

Toys R Us came out with a toy ad this week in the newspaper. It is for Friday and Saturday sales only. On the sale, The leapfrog alphabet pal is on sale for about 10.49. Target will price match, plus they have a coupon on their website for $10 off. 49 cents for a Leap Frog toy! This would make a very cheap toy for Christmas. Remember to bring your ad with you!

Gotta love Target...

So, I figured I didn't do the Up deal correctly at Target yesterday. I forgot to bring in the Best Buy ad to price match my DVD's, so I paid a lot more than I should have. So, when I went to the Target closer to our house, I was able to bring in my receipt with the ad today and get a refund for the difference! Not only that, but I found out that our Target had the UP DVD for 7 dollars cheaper than the other Target, so they gave me that difference too!

Oh, and I did the Mr. Potato Head deal. Their Christmas Potato Head is 5.99 and coupons.com has a 5.00 off coupon. If you hit your browser's back button, it will print twice. Make sure you print the spuds bud one because the other 5.00 one won't work for this. I found the potato head by the Christmas items, not by the toys. So, for 1.98 plus tax, I have 2 really cute toys to give for Christmas!

Disney Up Movie....and taking Joseph to the doctor

I took Little Joseph to the doctors today to make sure he was not sick; turns out he just had congestion. Per doctor's advice, use a saline nasal spray (or make it yourself) but do not suction with a bulb syringe very often; it only makes the congestion worse! Stick with the vaporizer and saline, but that's it. He's good to go.

I like the doctor's office fine, and the doctor seems nice. I was a little confused that she didn't wash her hands. I assumed she washed them before she came into the room, but I actually want to see her wash her hands myself. It would make me feel a lot better about things.

So, Target is by the office. I ran into get UP. I had 3 coupons for the movie: A $10 off from Disney's website, A Monster's Inc. coupon for $8 off , A Target coupon for 10 off. In order to use the coupons, you have to buy a Blue Ray version of Monster's Inc. AND Up. I get to the register, and 2 of my coupons will not scan. She manually keys in one of them, but tells me that she can't do it for the $8 one. I can't figure out why because I printed it from coupons.com, but she refused to take it. Well, I notice that there is another $10 off coupon on one of the Dvd's (I can't remember if it was Monster's Inc. or Up). I asked her to scan that one to see if it would go through, and it did! I think the movies were $25 plus for the Blue Ray Version of each video. Well, I ended up geting both videos for $22.98---I think(26.99+26.99= 53.98- 10 dollars Disney=43.98-10 Target=33.98-10.00 from box=22.98 for both videos). Target's dvd also had a bonus "Wilderness Journal" attached. I thought I could get them cheaper, so I must have messed up somewhere. I still have to send in for the 4.00 Ronzoni/Up rebate, bringing it down to 18.98 for two blue ray dvd's and a wilderness journal. Does anyone else know of any other rebates? If I would have brought the Best Buy ad with me, I could have pricematched. I read that someone used the 3 coupons I used, did a Best Buy price match, and ended up paying only about 9 dollars! Plus, they can do those rebates. I saw a frozen meal purchase rebate and a popcorn seasoning rebate when you buy both, but that's it.