Thanksgiving and the following day
@shaggin (71666)
United States
November 24, 2018 12:32pm CST
On thanksgiving my kids and I went to my parents house for dinner at 6. I didn’t like any of the new recipes I made but my parents and sister loved the Veggie Tortilla Roll Ups I made. I left all the food there with them to finish up for leftovers.
I started my Christmas shopping that night. I bought a board game called “Escape Room in a box” for my brother in law and his girlfriend and their kids.
I bought 3 lotions to put in with their gift and my grandmothers and father in laws/ his wife. The lotions were made by @AndriaPerry at Sunshine Homestead Creations.
While at Thanksgiving dinner I gave mom her birthday/Christmas present. Her birthday isn’t until December 6 but with her asthma being so bad right now I thought giving her it now would be good. It is an air purifier.
I got an email on Black Friday from Mypoints that it is my anniversary so at certain stores I would get double cash back. So I spent most the day pricing things between Walmart, eBay and Amazon.
I got my nephew a bunch of Funko Pops figures on Walmart’s site. They had single ones for $1.99 and 3 packs for $4.99. Usually 3 packs are around $25 so I got some awesome deals on them!
I played 4 rounds of swagIQ winning 16 points.
My boyfriend came over and spent the night. He was walking outside to take the dogs out and a branch cut his eyeball 
We finished up 2 more episodes of “The Haunting of Hill House”.
Photo is of the gift bag my mother’s present was in.
We finished up 2 more episodes of “The Haunting of Hill House”.
Photo is of the gift bag my mother’s present was in.16 people like this
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@shaggin (71666)
• United States
25 Nov 18
@JudyEv I have a few more things to shop for on Monday but I am way ahead of the game compared to other years where I usually shop about 2 weeks ahead. One year we went out on Christmas Eve to shop before I had kids. The shelves were so bare at that point.
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@shaggin (71666)
• United States
3 Dec 18
@Courtlynn thank you! Better then the chocolate I used to get her since she has high cholesterol and can't have it anymore.
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@shaggin (71666)
• United States
3 Dec 18
@Courtlynn have you ever had Gertrude Hawk candy bars?
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
3 Dec 18
@shaggin Oh yeah, definitely better than that then.
I'll take the chocolate though ;)
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@Tina30219 (81540)
• Onaway, Michigan
24 Nov 18
Nice gift bag for the present. Sorry to hear you did not like none of the food you made but at least I thought did not go to waste they liked it. Glad you got some deals doing your shopping.
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@shaggin (71666)
• United States
25 Nov 18
@Tina30219 I don't even know when the last time I bought a gift bag was. All the ones I have were bags given to us with gifts in them. This was likely a bag my mom gave me that I now wound up giving back. I have a pretty large stash as she doesn't like to wrap gifts.
I got out my Christmas decorations today and I found a stack of 7 Christmas books I haven't read. I was so excited to find It had so many to choose from. I didn't think I had that many left last year.
@shaggin (71666)
• United States
25 Nov 18
@Tina30219 My kids always preferred unwrapping gifts so I always wrap them. My mom has 6 grandkids plus two daughters so she would have a lot of wrapping to do. I can see why she chooses gift bags.
@Tina30219 (81540)
• Onaway, Michigan
25 Nov 18
@shaggin That is cool you found more books to read. Gift bags are nice definitely saves on wrapping my mom has gotten that way lately about not liking to wrap presents.
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
27 Nov 18
Oh, my! 
How exhausted were you after all that shopping, Shaggin? 
I do hope you slept in the next few days to recuperate from that!
While I do my Christmas shopping as early as I can, I am never done before Christmas eve! 
Good job on getting so much of it out of the way already!
How exhausted were you after all that shopping, Shaggin? I do hope you slept in the next few days to recuperate from that!
While I do my Christmas shopping as early as I can, I am never done before Christmas eve!
Good job on getting so much of it out of the way already!1 person likes this
@shaggin (71666)
• United States
27 Nov 18
In the past I have never shopped so early. I am pretty much done at this point. I spend hundreds less then I usually do so I am really glad for all the awesome deals I got. Thankfully it was all online shopping so it wasn't exhausting like walking around stores all day.
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@shaggin (71666)
• United States
28 Nov 18
@DaddyEvil I used to do that when all my nieces and nephews and kids were little. I could find great deals on toys and save them for Christmas and birthdays. Now they are almost all older so it's harder to get things they like. I bought my nephew for Christmas 4 Funko pops sets that were on sale on walmarts website.He has to many that I jus asked him which sets he wanted and bought them.
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@DaddyEvil (137145)
• United States
28 Nov 18
@shaggin *smiling at you* I do Christmas shopping all year long. Every time I see something I believe Pretty or one of my friends might like (as long as I have the cash) I pick it up and put it in the back of my bedroom closet. But every year, I think of a "new" person I should get something for but haven't before Christmas is actually here. *shake my head*)
Oh, very nice! (I think that might be considered cheating, though! ) 
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@dgobucks226 (34364)
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26 Nov 18
Wow, shop till you drop! Way to take advantage of those sales
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@shaggin (71666)
• United States
27 Nov 18
@dgobucks226 Walking around the stores all day shopping is exhausting but since I was cyber shopping on my nice comfy couch I had no risk of dropping
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@dgobucks226 (34364)
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27 Nov 18
@shaggin Now that's the way to make your "finger do the walkin" and talkin too!
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@Tampa_girl7 (48956)
• United States
26 Nov 18
It's good that you got some of your Christmas shopping done
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@shaggin (71666)
• United States
27 Nov 18
@Tampa_girl7 yes I did some more yesterday and am pretty much done Christmas shopping now.
@MarshaMusselman (38657)
• Midland, Michigan
26 Nov 18
Did your boyfriend get his eyeball checked out? If it's irritated still he may x want to consider it as it's better to prevent s problem from developing try to get it remedied later on.
Will the purifier help your mom's asthma? Hopefully it will.
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@shaggin (71666)
• United States
26 Nov 18
@MarshaMusselman I've had my cornea cut before but I have never looked in someone else's eye and saw a cut so it creeped me out pretty bad. He won't go to the doctor so hopefully it doesn't get infected. He said it only hurts if he touches his eyelid. Luckily the cut is under his eyelid so it's not exposed.
I hope the air purifier will help a little. Her house is so cluttered from all my sister and her kids things that I imagine a lot of my mom's problems with asthma is from dust. I know dust has been bothering me really bad the past few months in my house.
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@JamesHxstatic (29242)
• Eugene, Oregon
25 Nov 18
Very thoughtful to give your mom her air purifier early. I hope it helps her breathing. Sounds like you shopped well.
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@shaggin (71666)
• United States
26 Nov 18
@JamesHxstatic I did really well getting good deals. Tomorrow is cyber Monday so I am going to see if there are any more good deals I can snag and maybe complete my Christmas shopping.
@shaggin (71666)
• United States
25 Nov 18
@DianneN nothing I thought he was sleeping but after about an hour he told me he wasn't sleeping so I could talk. He said it just hurt to keep his eye open. It was pretty creepy to look in his eye and see a big slice across it. It was about 9 or so and the doctors offices were all closed so I said since he has good insurance it couldn't hurt to just go to the ER for some antibiotic drops. He said no. I told him an infection in the eye could cause blindness but he wouldn't go.
I thought he was sleeping but after about an hour he told me he wasn't sleeping so I could talk. He said it just hurt to keep his eye open. It was pretty creepy to look in his eye and see a big slice across it. It was about 9 or so and the doctors offices were all closed so I said since he has good insurance it couldn't hurt to just go to the ER for some antibiotic drops. He said no. I told him an infection in the eye could cause blindness but he wouldn't go.1 person likes this
@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
26 Nov 18
Sounds like productive shopping right there
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@shaggin (71666)
• United States
27 Nov 18
@FayeHazel I got great deals and saved so much money I am very happy!
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
27 Nov 18
@shaggin Oh good! Deals are the best!
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@marguicha (215428)
• Chile
24 Nov 18
The air purifier was a very thoughtful present. I bet your mom loved it!
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@shaggin (71666)
• United States
26 Nov 18
@marguicha yes she was happy. I originally planned to make her a mermaid sign as part of her gift but this was more of something that she could use then just a sign for her wall so it was a better choice. I'll save the mermaid sign for when I can't think of anything to get her.
@andriaperry (116860)
• Anniston, Alabama
24 Nov 18
Thank you, thank you very much!
I think giving her the gift early was a good thing to do too.
Did he have to go to the e.r with the eye?
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@shaggin (71666)
• United States
26 Nov 18
@andriaperry No he wouldn't go to the ER He seems to be okay so as long as it doesn't get infected he will be fine but I really don't think it was a smart idea to not go and get antibiotic drops.
He seems to be okay so as long as it doesn't get infected he will be fine but I really don't think it was a smart idea to not go and get antibiotic drops.
