Last year, I was one of those crazy people shopping at midnight to kickoff Black Friday and to take advantage of the good deals. I was so excited until I reached the SUPER long lines. One store was so hot and crowded one lady completely passed out! Not joking! So, this year my husband and I came up with a different, more organized plan. I window shopped all the advertisements for "wants", created a private wish list for myself on the Toys R Us website based on what was going to be on sale, e-mailed it to Mark to get his feedback and waited for the prices to drop at midnight! I kicked off my Christmas shopping for the girls from the chair I'm sitting in now. I normally don't shop online but this year I think it's the best option for me. With Mark being gone, I would have to get a babysitter just to get out and go shopping on my own. At exactly 12:00 A.M. I pulled up my wish list and added my items to my cart. I then went to finalize the items in my cart and 3 of them were gone. At first I thought it was some sort of internet error or that maybe I was crazy. Then I went to re-add the items and to my surprise the items were "temporarily unavailable". I was shocked! I guess that's the downside to shopping online. The items were sold out just minutes after they went on sale. So that set me back but I still got some AWESOME toys for my girls. Here's what we got them so far:
Imaginarium Cozy Country Dollhouse - From Santa
Disney Princess Bike - This will be a 4th Birthday present for Addison. Poor thing, her birthday is the day after Christmas.
Lilly wanted a house too... :)
Lilly loves anything that talks and sings!
Leap Frog Leapster Learning Game - I think this will be great for the car and when we're out and about.
Of course, I had to get a princess themed game to go along with it!
Melissa & Doug Building Blocks - I remember playing with these exact blocks in my kindergarden class! I loved them and think that Addie will too, she LOVES to build stuff! I really hope the "Cardboard" holds up though. I don't want to be throwing them away in January.
Little Tikes Obstacle Play Center - From Santa - I bought this more with Lilly in mind. I think Addison might be getting a little too big for something like this even though the age recommendation says 3-5. We'll see! This should be a great item to pull out on a rainy day.
I can't wait!!!! My girls really needed a toy update. Just posting this and thinking about wrapping these presents when they arrive is making me feel very Merry and Bright! Christmas shopping is so much fun especially since I planned ahead and got everything on sale. YAY!
3 comments:
Wow you got some great stuff!! They will love it all. I am still thinking about a Leapster for Kendall, but I missed the sale. We will see. The puppy dog Lilly is going to LOVE. The girls loved that when they were little.
those will be some fun presents to open up on Christmas it will be so much fun for you to watch on Christmas day!
The leapsters are by far the best thing!! We bought two for my oldest and middle one THREE years ago and they still work great and they still like to play them. We have since bought them Nintendo DS's but they both still go back and play the leapsters but now Lil Miss plays the leapster..LOVE THEM! Also, one of Lil Miss's favorite game is what she calls Mr. Draw it, it's a drawing game, can't think of the name but look for it, it's a great one!
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