Merry Monday!

So our family being the holiday fanatics we are, just my immediate family and my grandma, we have started to count down! 81 MORE DAYS!  Now to be fair it is a bit addicting since I have been Christmas shopping for a few months now. Just here and there, if I see a good deal on an item that I know I can give as a present. Most people have told me I am crazy BUT....I am done by December 1rst usually! It really does make sense :) That being said I thought I would share some of my favorite online and retail stores and why.

AMAZON.COM
   There just isn't enough room to say all the awesome things about Amazon. I love how cheap you can buy brand new things and the shipping is waaay reasonable and I always seem to get my products earlier then stated on the page. Always a plus! My favorite things to buy on there are books and dvds mainly (just purchased 3 brand new factory sealed dvd's fairly new releases for $17.19 including shipping!).

WALMART
   Everyone has something bad to say about the place and I do too but I can't knock a good deal! I learned something about Christmas shopping early...NEVER WRAP THE PRESENTS BEFORE BLACK FRIDAY! Walmart is always soooo kind enough to give me the price difference! LOVE IT! It may cost me more now but after I am done I can cross an additional 2-3 names of my list with the money I received as the difference!

HALLMARK
  If I can't find that perfect special gift for someone I always head here, never fails! I have never walked out with a failed mission :) Plus you can almost always walk out feeling even more grateful then when you walk in, they aren't kidding when they say Hallmark cards say it all!

To wrap up my short list I must say CONSIGNMENT STORES!
  We have a few in town now and I love them! Mainly for all the baby showers and the little kids we buy gifts for. A while back I attended a shower and I bought 20 new baby outfits, tags on them from the store yet (Kohls tags too) for $25.00! CAN'T GET ANY BETTER THEN THAT!

So in retrospect, I'm not as crazy as people think, it does pay to shop early!