Who has their Christmas shopping done and what was their best score?

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I'm almost done. Best scores: Xbox 360 Best Buy matched cheaper price online and bought with rewards, paid no cash. $96 boots for $44 - bear law brand for DD.
 
Our best find wasn't even for my kids. My two (ages 3 and 5) boys pooled their own money to buy at Groupon for Toys R Us last week ($10 for $20). They got 4 buckets of Animal Planet animals for their $10! That means each came to just $2.50! They are donating them to our local toy drive. :thumbsup2 This is the second year they've used their own money to buy a toy. The Groupon was awesome and the buckets were buy one get one free! YAY!
 
I'm done! My best score was Baby Butterscotch for $49.99...I didn't intend to get her, but at that price? DD will be so ecstatic!
 

Our best find wasn't even for my kids. My two (ages 3 and 5) boys pooled their own money to buy at Groupon for Toys R Us last week ($10 for $20). They got 4 buckets of Animal Planet animals for their $10! That means each came to just $2.50! They are donating them to our local toy drive. :thumbsup2 This is the second year they've used their own money to buy a toy. The Groupon was awesome and the buckets were buy one get one free! YAY!

That is awesome!!! :thumbsup2
 
Almost done. Best scores were Barbie Dreamhouse (50% off at TRU) and Jake and the Neverland Pirate's Bucky ship $25 (price match and coupon at Target).
 
My best score was jeans for my son, 2 pair for $8.75 in Old Navy. They were 2/$30, all items were buy one get one 75% off and I had $10 old Navy rewards dollars!!

Beyond that, I did pretty well (I think) on a Turtle Beach headset for Xbox360. I paid $34.99, regularly $69.99, and I got my MIL a GPS for $99.99, regularly $169.00. Both of these were Best Buy with free shipping.
 
I am done! This is the earliest I've ever been finished and I have to say it is quite the relief. I did all my shopping almost entirely online, took advantage of a lot of free shipping deals.

I'm happy with all my prices, but my best deals are probably 1). iPad2 16GB for DH, $400 with a $60 gift card back at Target and 2). 8 disc complete Harry Potter series on DVD for $10 also at Target!

The last I just got over the weekend and I would encourage others to look and see if it is still going on. It retails for $80 and the price as marked said it was on sale for $30, but I scanned it in the aisle and was floored when I saw the $9.99 price come up.
 
I've been done for quite a while, but we only buy gifts for our nieces and nephew (ages 6 years down to 9 months).

I think the best value was on the My First Disney Princess Snow White's Picnic Party for $9 instead of $29.99.

But, I also got a LaLaLoopsy Littles doll for less than $10 instead of the normal $16.99ish price. And I did score the Kohl's BF deal of the Imaginext Pirate Ship for about $17 plus 6% cash back through Ebates. So maybe the pirate ship is also a 'best deal'.

Oh! I forgot I bought a CorningWare 10pc set from Kohl's for $14 after a $20 rebate. Plus earned $15 Kohl's Cash from purchasing that and the pirate ship. :)
 
All done here as well :)
I took advantage of Target's sale in July and bought all the toys for Christmas. $1000 worth for a little over $200. I even donated a bunch of them... DH got his 60" tv... better deal than Walmart had and it was shipped directly to our house for free. If only I could get a Disney trip for a steal now, that would make my Christmas.
 
I'm done with everything except gift cards. My best deal was the FurReal baby Butterscotch pony for $49.99 minus a $5 coupon plus 5 percent off at Target with my redcard. I also found a great deal on a North Face jacket for my husband for $80.

Anyone want to help me wrap? Lol
 
I am about two thirds done. Best deal by far was buying the Lego Mindstorm from the U.S. on Black Friday. Saved me 120 over buying it here.

I also got great deals on two video games .. the Wonderbook of Spells for 19.99 and Little Big Planet Karting for 24.99. About half price for both.
 
Just about done here! I have to get 1 more special ornament & I think I'm done.

I cannot believe the fabulous deals I scored. We did 13 people (kids & adults), plus our 3 kids, plus new Christmas clothes for 4 out of 5 of us, plus misc Christmas expenses (Starbucks on Black Friday, elf on the shelf etc), plus gifts for DH & I and stayed under our $1000 cash budget!!

For one of my nieces, I got the Disney Little People Song Palace, a pack of 8 little people princesses to go with it & a Brave Leapster game for $43!

Another great deal was Office Max Visa/MasterCard gift cards $100 for $85 (90.95 after fee). Then they had $50 iTunes cards for $35.

Our big MI grocery store (Meijer) ran a promo where u could buy $100 in giftcards & get $20 coupon off your next purchase. (Visa was included). Needless to say I now have $140 to spend on groceries. I was also able to buy a couple Visa cards, get $20 coupon, then turn around and buy $100 in Toys R Us/Olive Garden/Red Lobster giftcards & it spit out another $20.

Those are a couple if my fav deals! Now just waiting to find a deal on Disney cards so I can purchase them with all the Visa cards I have.

:)
 
I'm almost done. Stocking stuffers, robes and a spaceship are all that is left to get! My best deal as of right now would have to be an Optimus Prime toy normally $85 for $30. Then it would be Epic Mickey 2 for $30.
 
Kitchenaid Artisian Mixer for $250 plus $75 in Kohl's Cash! I used the Kohl's Cash for other presents.

I am not done yet though.
 
Old navy. On BF I got $41 worth of clothes. First my DS didn't get a wristband cause he was not 18. When I pointed out the T&C said 16, they said sorry and they would I've me $10 off my purchase. Fine.

At checkout line, I won a coupon for a $1 off. And when checking out, they screwed up the checkout to my favor.

Ended up with $41 of clothes already on sale and super mario bros for Wii u for $25.
 
I am done! This is the earliest I've ever been finished and I have to say it is quite the relief. I did all my shopping almost entirely online, took advantage of a lot of free shipping deals.

I'm happy with all my prices, but my best deals are probably 1). iPad2 16GB for DH, $400 with a $60 gift card back at Target and 2). 8 disc complete Harry Potter series on DVD for $10 also at Target!

The last I just got over the weekend and I would encourage others to look and see if it is still going on. It retails for $80 and the price as marked said it was on sale for $30, but I scanned it in the aisle and was floored when I saw the $9.99 price come up.

FYI. You can get the 8 movie set in blu ray from amazon UK for about $47 shipped.
 
su_A_ve said:
FYI. You can get the 8 movie set in blu ray from amazon UK for about $47 shipped.

Are UK DVDs no longer region 2. Or do you have a PAL player? I know that we used to have to be careful of that with overseas video purchases.
 
Are UK DVDs no longer region 2. Or do you have a PAL player? I know that we used to have to be careful of that with overseas video purchases.

These are listed as region free. My DSis got a set last year (a little cheaper due to a higher dollar value) and they work without issues.
 














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