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I planned and prepared for my shopping adventure this year. I had the money and the willingness to spend it ... but I ended up with almost nothing to show for it. I literally ended up getting 6 pair of "fuzzy" socks from a Kohls special, and that was it. The deals this year just seemed very lacking. There wasn't one big thing that jumped out at me as a "must buy".
The ironic thing is the few things I did buy, I ended up getting from Craigs List -- and for cheaper than any of the holiday deals I could find online. I ended up getting my girlfriend 7 season sets of the TV show One Tree Hill for $40 (She's been dropping completely unsubtle hints that she wanted it for months now). Amazon wanted $124.99 just for 6 seasons. I got my brother an iPod and a car stereo system (since his last iPod was stolen when his car was broken into). I still want to pick him up a laptop for when he heads off for college in January, but the laptop deals I saw this weekend for were sub-par machines.
I'm just glad that I have the sort of family who won't sneer at a "used" gift. I know some people are really touchy about that kind of thing. Not everything I get is used of course, but when I see an awesome deal on Craigs List I jump at it.
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