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Today is Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year and so I’m here to tell you where you can find the best deals around. So let’s jump right on in! For the best in books: Target, Wal-Mart, and Amazon.com are all selling books for $9! Any book you want, only $9. Books make great gifts for teenagers, smaller children, college students, and adult too. For the best in toys: Wal-Mart and Toys R Us. Both will be selling toys for $9 but Wal-Mart will also be sellign DVDs for $10. Personalized Gifts: for something a little more special, try Personalized M&Ms by Mars and Company. You can buy 3 bags get one free this season. Get all the hard people these gifts. Old Navy will also be having a sell; 50% off all item particularly fleece sweaters amd jackets. These are great just to stock up on for winter. Finally, if you are not a Home Shopping Network fan yet, you need to quickly become one. The Home Shopping Network may sound cliche, but they really have changed who they are and are becoming the retailer of choice for many.

With so many great designers like Miss Tina, Grayce by Molly Sims, FranBrand by Fran Drescher and so much more, you can’t go wrong with any person on your list. They carry everything from jewelry, to clothes, to shoes, accessories, luggage, kitchenware and more. They are always competitively priced and will certainly get you more bang for your buck. The only thing they don’t sell is personalized m&ms which you have to get from the M&M website! Happy Shopping!

Thanksgiving is just around the corner and so many of us are beginning to make preparations now to get ready for the big day. However, this recession seems to still be looming around many of our heads. It is no doubt going to be a little bit harder than usual to put food on the table this Thanksgiving, let alone do any holiday decorating. So here are a few tips you can use to keep Thanksgiving on or under budget: First of all, don’t buy a name brand ham. Ham’s can run you $40 or more. While they are good, you can glaze your own ham for less than a 1/10 of the price. All you need is some brown sugar, a little pineapple juice and some water. Next, potatos are cheep, so make side dishes that utilize this staple. Rice is the same way. It’s cheap and can be good when mixed with right ingredients, (i.e. a rice casserole would be great this year). Don’t waste money on plastic ware. Using your own dishes is free and water isn’t expensive, so washing them may be a hassle, but it’s cheaper. 1800 Flowers has great decorations on a budget so us them.

When it comes to beverages, instead of buying sodas, make a punch. A great fruit punch consists of a few packages of Kool Aid, sugar, water, pineapple juice, and 1 liter or 2 of lime soda. Buy the off brand of everything. It tastes just as good and will go much farther than individual cans. In addition, you may want to consider asking people to bring a dish of their own to add to the meal. If everyone chips in, no single person has to feel the burden of the load. So eat cheaper, budget, and get 1800 Flowers, and your Thanksgiving Day Meal is sure to be more cost efficient than ever!

Yesterday it was announced on Good Morning America on ABC that there were going to be some extreme specials and deals this holiday season, especially on the biggest shopping day of the year, Black Friday. Everyone knows that the recession as been affecting us all. Many of us can’t afford to spend like we used to, we don’t shop very much anymore, and some are just barely putting a roof over their heads. Others aren’t even able to do that.  But what most of us don’t realize is that it has been affecting businesses as well. Industries that at one point were booming are now laying off. The retail industry has probably been one of the industries hardest hit. That’s why they are so eager to create new products like Personalized M&Ms, to get you back in the shopping spirit, so that you’ll get back in stores and back to spending money.  So among the best deals you will find is the book deal. Target, Wal-Mart, and Amazon.com will all be selling books for $9! That’s right, hardback, paperback, and best sellers too.

There will also be some awesome toy specials on Black Friday including $9 toys at Wal-Mart, Toys R Us, and Target. Old Navy will be selling clothes for 50% off so if you and your family need winter clothes, Black Friday will be a great time to get them. In conclusion, if you have been holding off from shopping because your funds have been tight, Black Friday should be a great time for you to save money so you can afford the things you need, whether it’s Personalized M&Ms or a new fleece sweater.