Target chit chat

Good Morning!!

Sharon, Congrats on the beautiful baby!

Thank goodness my sale is over. I don't know what was going on but ALL the crazies came out. Only saw a couple of my regulars, which kinda hurt my sales quota. I was told that the city wide the next town over was awesome this year, so that could be what happened.

I did end up making about $525, which is one of the lowest I think I have ever had. Funny thing was that I sold alot of just old household type things and clothes. Sold a fair amount of stockpile things but only had to restock a couple items. Which I guess leaves me plenty for next sale.

We are now just about $130 short of our vacation goal and have 2 weeks to save it. Should be no problem cause I sold about $75 just last week on ebay. I ended up using that money to buy the part we needed (hopefully) for our crashed computer. (Thanks Bronc for the suggestion/help) But I have alot more that seems to sell really well on there, so will spend the next couple weeks listing it. Plus keep throwing in my extra change/money. So excited to not have to even touch the savings acct for this vacation, esp. since it will be one of the longest/most expensive ones we have taken.

I can't believe there were not any good TQ's this morning. I am ready for something fun and exciting.
Going to make a quick trip to Target and several Walgreens (one WG is super friendly so might end up w/ a disney GC or 2). Then stopping by the new grocery store to see what the Free Item of the Day is. LOL Surely it is something I can use.

TN..Congrats to your neice for graduating. That is a huge accomplishment!! And yes they grow up way to fast. Just seems like yesterday that we were watching our kids play Tball or being in the grade school recital.
Wishing her well with her new life/adventure.

A full moon always brings out the crazies. I guess it's true even for daytime!

I sure hope your computer problem was the power supply, and that you can return the part if that's not it. I didn't think you'd just get the part without having it diagnosed, but I imagine you know more about the whole thing than I do! Good luck!

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BTW..Went to T and tried the .89 Nivea GC deal and it didn't work. I had 3 of them and she scanned and it didn't prompt so I had her take them off. I haven't read deals thread yet to see if it is just tagged but doesn't prompt or if I should have done it differently.

Seems Nivea needs to total 3/$5 or more B/C for GC to work.

That's my list, too. Would love to know if I'm missing out on something. Although jteef did mention a Stayfree gift card deal in the deals thread - have to check my qs to see if its worth doing. My sister, who's a poor college student (), uses these, so I like to keep her stocked.

And if you have any questions about pricing, let me know. I have a sale at least once a month, and probably have similar inventory to you, since we shop the same places.



Thanks. Its no coincidence that the autism bumper stickers depict a puzzle piece - you are constantly trying things out to figure out what fits and what helps. I am so blessed with my son - just looking at him, you would never guess he's a little "different". The issues we deal with are so minor compared to other families, but the victories are no less exciting.

Could the headache be related to the threatening thunderstorms of the last day or so, that we are still "supposed" to have this weekend?

Most autism mommas I know removed both gluten and casein. I've read good and bad on both sides, and tried it when my now 13 year old was first diagnosed. There weren't any differences for her, and my 10 year old has a very self-limited diet (though, amazing!! after 6 years of eating about the same 10 things, he has asked to try 3 new foods in the past week) so I never tried. Are you going to switch the entire family or only him? Makes a big difference because of cross-contamination issues. New cookware, etc, is needed.

I know several mommas that have had awesome luck for their children, using the gfcf diet. to you and your son.
Congrats to your son!
I think this is a bad move on Target's part.
What did you use to pretreat it? Is it in a place that you could use a paste of oxy-clean/ water, or in a spot that it would be too noticeable if a dot or a few were miscolored?
Hope you are both feeling better!

Congrats on the beautiful new arrival!!

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And as I'm heading off to bed, could someone send me a PM on the van de Kamp deal? THanks!

My plan is just to switch my son to gluten-free, and more of a general limiting as opposed to complete elimination. Unless we notice he starts to respond negatively when he has any gluten, at which point it will be completely eliminated. Since I've never had him tested, I'm not sure where exactly he is on the spectrum. I do know he is very high-functioning, and I am viewing this diet change as basically giving him a "leg up", so to speak.

It has just amazed me how it seems to have cleared his mind, to the point that he is able to communicate like he really never has before. Not that he never talked, because he did. Its hard to explain, really, but its just awesome.

And as I'm heading off to bed, could someone send me a PM on the van de Kamp deal? THanks!

People are starting to get snippy in the T coupon thread about the Nivea Deal. Of course people are going to try to get 3 of the tins for the $5gc. But as we all see it does not prompt. Only thing I am hoping is to still be able to get one lotion and two of the tins to get the gc. But they will probably pull the tins all together.

That is wonderful that he has made such progress!


One $3.xx lotion and 2 of the tins does work, as does 2 - $2.xx lip balm and one tin.

thanks for the info

What did you use to pretreat it? Is it in a place that you could use a paste of oxy-clean/ water, or in a spot that it would be too noticeable if a dot or a few were miscolored?