Black Friday Savings!!

Back again lovely readers! I know its been a while, but I just HAD to post the great deals I got this year for Black Friday shopping! I should let you all know that Black Friday is one of my most favorite days of the year. This year we woke up bright and early at 330, headed out about 430 and arrived at our first destination before 5 am. Spent 5 am-1 pm shopping, took an hour break and headed out again to a couple more stores. All in all spent about 12 hours shopping by the time we were done for the day. I ended up falling right asleep at about 9:15 pm that night, but it was so worth it! I'm sure I walked off all of the calories I ate for Thanksgiving dinner too! Now for the deals:

First stop was Macy's:

Steam Mop: 19.99 regularly 59.99

Ralph Lauren Pillow: 6.99 regularly 20.00

Nautica 3 Piece outfit for my nephew: 19.99 regularly 49.50

Total Spent (before tax) $56.97

Total SAVED 72.52!!!

JCPenney's

2 Long Sleeved Thermal Tees: $6.88 each regularly $20.00 each

1 Long Sleeved Tee: $4.88 regularly $16.00

Total Spent $18.64

Total SAVED $37.36!!

Target

2 Towels @ $1.49 each regularly $2.99 each

3 Piece PJ Set $10.00 regularly $19.99
Date Night DVD $10.00 regularly $19.99

Dear John DVD $5.99 regularly $19.99

Ghosts of Girlfriends Past $3.99 regularly $13.00

Marley and Me $3.99 regularly $13.00

500 Days of Summer $5.99 regularly $19.99

Julie and Julia $3.99 regularly $19.99

17 Again $3.99 regularly $14.99

Valentine's Day $9.99 regularly $19.99

Toy Story 3 $13.00 regularly $19.99

Funny People $3.99 regularly $19.99

Grown Ups $8.00 (after $5 off coupon) regularly $19.99

Total Spent $81.91

Total SAVED $164.96!!!

Kmart

Saw VI (which also includes Saw I) $2.99 regularly $20.99

Jeopardy for Wii $14.99 regularly $29.99

Total Spent $17.98

Total SAVED $33.00!!

Meijer

Death at a Funeral DVD $8 regularly $19.99

Wizard of Oz DVD $8 regularly $16.99

Lady Antebellum CD $6.50 regularly $14.99

Hamilton Beach Single Serve Blender $9.99 regularly $15.99

Mad Gab Game $10.00 regularly $24.68

Hamilton Beach Toaster Oven $19.99 regularly $29.99

Total Spent $62.48

Total SAVED $122.63!!

Also I went back to Meijer on Saturday for the Super Saturday Sale

Digital Camera:$59.99-$12 Santa Bucks= $47.99; Regularly 89.99

Total Spent $47.99 (plus tax)

Total SAVED $42.00!!!

Walgreens

6 Rolls of 50 sq. Ft Wrapping Paper for $4 total regularly $12

3 rolls of Scotch brand tape for $.99 total regularly $5.29

Total Spent $4.99

Total SAVED $12.30!!!

I was also able to get an Adobe Photoshop Book from Borders for $19.98 that was regularly $39.99 thanks to the 50% coupon!! Stood in line there 45 minutes, but it was worth it!!

Finally, I have needed to get a wreath for my door for the last few years, but am too cheap to fork out the $25-50 for them so I decided to go to JoAnn's Fabric and get stuff to make my own. The wreath and all the decorations were 60% off so I only spent $9.99 including tax and was able to MAKE this:

Not too shabby in my opinion and I saved at least $15!!!

So all in all my Black Friday was a very successful one. Some of the items bought were gifts for family and some were gifts to myself. I probably spent more than I should have, but I saved more than I spent so it's all good!

Sexiest Man Alive!!

Well People magazine has announced their latest "Sexiest Man Alive" cover man and it is no other than the gorgeous Ryan Reynolds!!!

NICE JOB PEOPLE MAG!!!! Seriously, how has this man NOT held this title before. Do you SEE those ABS!!!I am very happy with this years choice! I will most definitely be buying this issue!!

Here are a couple of other nominees for future years...if only I had a vote:

Chris Pine

Best known for his role in the recent "Star Trek" movie and the new movie "Unstoppable" with Denzel Washington, this guy is seriously adorable! LOVE those baby blues!! I am sure he will be around for a long time!!

D.J. Cotrona

Apparently he has been in a few movies, including "Dear John", but I never noticed him until I saw him on "Detroit 1-8-7". That is one of my new favorite shows, and if you haven't seen it yet, I recommend it. If you don't like it, just fast forward to the parts with him in it!!

So what do you think? Are you happy with this years choice of Ryan Reynolds? Who would you like to see named "Sexiest Man Alive"??

MIA!!!

Sorry I have been MIA lately, my lovely followers. It seems I am once again suffering from writers block. There will be posts soon though I promise!!!

YouTube Tuesday!!

I found this video on Facebook today. If I had seen this last week it would have totally been the YouTube Tuesday pick, but it is still awesome so that is why I am posting it now. Whoever owns this house is seriously AWESOME. They may have a lot of time on their hands, but still pretty amazing!!! After checking it out on YouTube, I found a few other songs that they choreographed the lights too also. Seriously love it! I can't wait to see what they do for Christmas!

CSN Gift Certificate Winner!!!

Ok well first of all I used random.org to draw the winner for this drawing. I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to copy the little generator box that said the winner. This is all I was able to copy:

True Random Number Generator

Min: 1

Max: 40

Result:

15

Powered by RANDOM.ORG

So the lucky winner was comment #15 which was from susitravel who said:

Cuisinart Custom 14-Cup Food Processor in Black Chrome

I will be emailing the winner today and they will have 48 hours to respond. If they don't respond, another winner will be chosen. Thanks to everyone who entered!!!

Giveaway closed!!!

Thanks to everyone who entered the giveaway for the $35 CSN Stores gift certificate. The drawing is now CLOSED and I will be announcing the winner later today. As soon as I figure out how to copy the random.org generator result, I will post. Don't worry, I will not be selecting a number until I figure this out :)

Seriously!?! Saturdays!

Well folks I'm introducing a new feature called "Seriously!?! Saturdays". This will replace the normal "Sick of Them Saturdays" occasionally, but will be along the same lines. With "Sick of them Saturdays" I was mostly blogging about the people or news subjects that I was tired of hearing about that week. Seriously Saturdays will be more about the events that happen in the week that made me say "SERIOUSLY!?!". Hope you all enjoy it! Be sure to let me know what you think!!

1. Charlie Sheen

Seriously Charlie Sheen! You are in trouble AGAIN?! This week you decide to trash a New York City hotel room while naked after getting drunk and high on cocaine while a porn star fears for her life while locking herself in the hotel bathroom. After the police were called he apparently was given the option to go to jail or to the hospital. He chose the hospital (go figure). Seriously NYPD, people are given options on where they want to go after behaving badly? Is this a new thing you're trying? I am sure the doctors and nurses will love it if it is. However I am almost positive it's not unless you are an A list celebrity. Sheen apparently told the police that he had been drinking and doing drugs before his "meltdown" but apparently his publicist had a different view and said that he had "an adverse allergic reaction to medication". Ummm I'm not quite sure for what illness they prescribe cocaine as the "medication" of choice, but I am pretty sure there aren't any. I am also pretty sure those aren't "adverse" reactions to cocaine, but I haven't tried it so I can't swear by it. Although if he is allergic to it, he might not want to do it anymore. Seriously publicist?! Oh and "Two and a Half Men" is a pretty good show and is getting great ratings for CBS, but if one of the stars is getting arrested or hospitalized at least once a season, shouldn't there be some repercussions? Seriously?! Last Christmas he was arrested for domestic violence and now he is hospitalized for using cocaine and behaving horribly and nothing happens? No suspension from work even? Seriously?! You have some very understanding bosses there Mr. Sheen. Seriously!!

2. Lindsay Lohan

Seriously Lindsay Lohan?! You are in the news AGAIN!! Last Friday, Lindsay was ordered by the judge to spend time in rehab until January 3 instead of 6 months in jail like the DA wanted for violating probation. Apparently Lindsay has to go back to court on Feb. 25 and comply with random drug testing and if she violates her probation again she will be going to jail for the mandatory 180 days. Seriously?! I am pretty sure 180 days in the celeb world converts to about 14 days reality. Turns out Lindsay is apparently going broke paying for her rehab. Seriously Lindsay?! Aren't you some sort of big celebrity? You can't afford the $50,000 rehab bill? Seriously?! I mean yea that is the yearly salary of an average Joe, but I am pretty sure you have boots that cost more than that. Seriously! Well it turns out PETA heard about Lindsay's money troubles and agreed to pay up to $20,000 of her rehab bill if she agrees to go vegan for at least a year. If she gives up animal products while in rehab, she would get $10,000 at that time and if she stays vegan until January of 2012, they will give her the other $10,000. I don't think this will happen. She doesn't seem to be able to stay away from the booze and drugs to keep her out of jail so I don't think she will be able to give up the meat and milk either. Allegedly, there is an adult sex site that is also offering her $50,000 for her ummm, "services"? So looks like Ms. Lohan now has some options on how to pay for her rehab time since she is apparently broke now.

So there ya have it folks. The people that just make me literally say to myself "SERIOUSLY" for the week. What events had you baffled this week??



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