Are you ready for Black Friday? If you are like me, you have already started planning your attack for Friday morning (well, Thursday night since may stores are opening earlier this year!). Here is a list of the stores I’ve seen already list their store opening times:

Ace Hardware – Midnight

A.C. Moore – 5 a.m. Friday

Bealls – Midnight

Best Buy – Midnight

Half Price Books – 7 a.m. Friday

JCPenney – 4 a.m. Friday

Kmart – 6 a.m. Thanksgiving

Macy’s – 4 a.m. Friday

Office Max – 6 a.m. Friday

Kohl’s – Midnight Friday

Old Navy – 9 a.m. Thanksgiving and midnight Friday

Rite Aid – 7 a.m. Thanksgiving (at select stores) through 11:59 p.m. Friday

Sears – 4 a.m. Friday

Sports Authority – 5 a.m. Friday

Target – Midnight to 11 p.m. Friday

Toys R Us – 9 p.m. Thanksgiving

If you have any stores that need to be added to list, let me know!!!

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I recently wrote about our bucket list for our yard. There’s a ton of work we’d like to do on top of what we’ve already done.  That’s why I am excited to tell you about Kmart’s Outdoor Living Twitter Party.  My current patio set we bought at Kmart, so I know the selection and choices you have there.  Last summer, we busted an umbrellas (thanks storms!) and picked up a replacement umbrella at Kmart for this summer season.  Several bloggers have redone their backyards, so I’ll let them tell you how great Kmart’s outdoor products are: Sheena, Katja, Crissy, Courtney and Allison.

On Thursday, May 12th (yes, that’s this Thursday!) from 9 – 10 EST, there will be an awesome Kmart Outdoor party.  This twitter party’s focus will be sharing outdoor living ideas and getting backyard entertaining tips from lifestyle and party-planning experts.  (My advice is to take in your umbrella even when it’s closed when it’s suppose to storm.  Trust me on that one!).  The hashtag for this party is #KmartOutdoor and you can win $50 and  $100 Kmart gift cards during the party!

I’ll be there!  Will you?  (If you plan on attending, please RSVP!)

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Can you believe that we finally I have a free weekend? I can’t. I have a breakfast I need to go to tomorrow, and then that’s it! I think we may get the kids hair cut, but that’s all we have planned! We don’t have another one of these weekends for months, so I am excited (can you tell?). That being said — we definitely need some stuff at the house, so I’ll probably spend today shopping.

One of the places I know I will stop is Kmart. Did you know they brought their BlueLight Specials? It’s awesome — though they aren’t quite as crazy as they were when we were kids (well, this is a different Kmart, so that may have something to do with it). The BlueLight specials are today only (8/15), so make sure you check them out! Some of the specials include:

• Kids Backpacks (Athletech, Route 66 and Licensed) reg. $19.99 – Bluelight $8!
• American Fare Vita-Water 2 for $1
• All Patio Furniture 70% off! (+ an extra 20% off during bluelight!)
• 70 count Notebooks – Buy 2 Get 1 Free
• Diamond Jewelry extra 10% (Diamonds are already 70% off this week!)

On top of these great sales, they will be having at least 40 Kmart Bluelight specials for you to take advantage of.  What do you say?  Are we going shopping today? (And make sure that you followKmart on Twitter for more great deals!)

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This post was sponsored by Kmart. All the opinions are mine.

I remember Kmart Bluelight specials, but I haven’t seen one done there recently.  (I remember being being a kid and hearing the announcement and watching people go running for the great deals they would have.)  Until now, that is.  You definitely want to head into your local Kmart this Saturday (8/8).  The deals they are having are killer.  They include:

• Mens Athletec basketball shorts for $3.00
• All patio furniture 70% off regular prices
• Womens Joe Boxer Flip Flops $4.00
• Extra 10% of diamonds that are already 70% off
• Filler paper 2 for $1

On top of those great deals, there will be over 40 great Bluelight Specials through the day in-store AND other great offers will also be at kmart.com this Saturday.  Personally, I am hoping to start some Christmas shopping done.  What I’d like to see on sale is some toys.  We are looking for a Tools Workbench for Will for Christmas, so help me out.  However, I plan on taking advantage on the patio furniture being on sale since our patio umbrella broke last summer, and we need a new one. Make sure you don’t miss this awesome sale and follow Kmart on Twitter for other great deals!

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It is hard to believe that it’s almost time for school, but we are looking at around month away!  I have a couple of high school graduation parties to still attend, and it is always fun to give my college advice.  It wasn’t that long ago Bill and I were in college.  I remember Bill eating ramen noodles to save money (ewwwww is all I have to say).  However, noodles are cheap.  Any kind of noodles will work too.  Another way to save money is buy thing like fruit and snacks on your meal plan and bring them to your room.  It’s much cheaper than eating out of vending machines.  Another way to save money is to bring your laundry home.  It’s much cheaper to do it there!

With all that being said, a great gift for a college bound student has to be gift cards.  The Sears Reloadable Gift Cards are the perfect gift.  You can get them in your local Sears and Kmart stores.  Once in school, if you want, you can reload it online.  This allows you to watch what they are spending and giving them some money to help with their home away from home.

Sears has a great campaign called Sears CampusReady to make sure you are ready for college. There are tips, advice on how to make the best with the amount of space you have in your dorm room, and even a checklist. There is even a CampusReady on Facebook that is really easy to use!   This is great way to make sure your student has everything they need!  Giftcards, checklist, supplies — what more could you ask for?

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