In the last couple of years, I've taken to shopping at mid-year toy sales to reduce (and spread out) the cost of Christmas, and birthdays that fall in the second half of the year. But, oh the horror of the toy sales. The crowds! Scouring the shelves for the good stuff! The other bargain-hungry parents fighting each other! I'm exhausted just thinking about it (she says as she has a sip of wine to calm the nerves).
However, the Target toy sale has a great system this year. They've included an online lay-by feature - look through the catalogue online, make a list on their website, then just go into a store within two weeks to pay a deposit and activate the lay-by. That's it. Someone else scours the shelves for you.
So, instead of this post being about trawling through the sales, fighting the other parents for that last must-have item on the shelf... it's about this:
Christmas shopping? Well and truly under way, with four of my nieces and nephews now ticked off my list. All while sitting on my couch, sipping on a glass of red wine - now that's my kind of toy shopping.
[Disclaimer: I received a Target voucher from Product Talk by Nuffnang in order to write about the toy sale. Lucky me!]
15 comments:
I loathe these toy sales- they just feed the rampant consumerism which is something I'm trying to avoid being a part of.
I had no idea you could do that! =) Hello easy Christmas shopping!
I hate the toy sales and avoid them like the plague every year. Not surprising really because I hate shopping...
I tend to just buy from online toy stores as I need stuff. I just can think 6 months ahead? Who knows what they will be into by the time Christmas rolls along?
I should be getting toys. It is birthday season for us. It's a long stream of birthdays right up to 23/12.
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Now that is my kind of shopping.
The best way: No fighting, no bumping, no tearing someone else's hair out.
And...while drinking a glass of wine.
Awesome!
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Hello! What a very interesting blog!
I'm a SAHM of two so online shopping is really the only way i can get stuff done. Good blog, I hope i can become as good at it as you are I just started mine. It's on the uncensored realities of being a stay at home mom you should check it out sometime
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Very nice article:)
Looking forward to the next one!
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That's a great idea for stocking up on Christmas gifts and avoiding the rush.
Thanks!
My parents weren't big fans of Christmas shopping, either. Actually, they didn't really put much stock in toys, come to think of it. Let me tell you, I learned a thing or two about the extents of childhood imagination with my Captain Brillo Pad.
Ooo, ooo, love the look of this! I LOVE online shopping and this looks awesome! Right down my street :)
Haha, I see play-doh. That brings me back to my childhood. Now you've got me all nostalgic...
Yeah.. thats the way to shop in the modern world.. :)
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