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and the countdown is on to Christmas so
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if you’re still finishing up your
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shopping you could get into some trouble
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and spend way more money than you’re
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supposed to our queen of fries Sherry
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Lowe is here with some strategies to
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help you stick to your budget what do we
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need to know about gift card so gift
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cards are a great gift and especially in
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this last moment when you’re feeling the
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pinch there are plenty of ways to
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purchase them if you’re going to buy any
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sort of restaurant gift card it’s smart
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to actually go to the restaurant rather
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than buying them from a big-box retailer
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because the majority of them are
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offering promotional bonus gift cards so
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you buy one you get an extra amount
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either to keep or to give as a gift and
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I always like to go out and see if
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there’s a coupon to to print out to go
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with those gift cards help the recipient
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save a little extra money or even you
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can get some gas points too yeah
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definitely yeah why our bath and body
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kits so good to buy so this week the
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retailers that know you’re going to be
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in the store last-minute shove all of
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those to the center aisles and drop
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their prices low so look for things like
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bubble bath and lotion that are in those
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packaged kits as well as toothpaste and
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toothbrush two which is kind of fun and
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practical as well buy those while
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they’re cheap right now maybe for the
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gift but maybe just to put back in your
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household supply to because you’ll not
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find cheaper prices throughout the year
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I don’t like this next one but you said
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don’t buy gifts for yourself right so
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it’s very very tempting final hours to
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feel the pressure and just repeating to
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yourself you know that I don’t need this
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item especially if it’s holiday seasonal
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decor you know in a week you’re gonna be
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putting it away so don’t buy things for
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yourself in these final minutes and we
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shouldn’t buy ugly sweater Christmas
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sweaters right now but there are some
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winter items that you would recommend
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buying now definitely and I actually
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wrote this before I knew the forecast
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but gloves boots hats those practical
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items long underwear things like sleds
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because the kids will have a great time
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with those those go quickly during the
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months of January and seem to disappear
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so if you can find them when you’re out
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in the mouth they make great gifts that
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are
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optical not just junkie things that
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people are gonna throw away and forget
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about in a week I’m so guilty of this
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last one don’t buy just one more gift
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right I know that you keep this grand
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total in your head probably of who
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you’ve spent how much on and how many
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gifts you have for which person and so
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it kind of leads us into this endless
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cycle of maybe just one more thing I
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need one more thing too even though
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things out and you know you have to stop
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at some point it probably is the time
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that if you purchased something already
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just stop just quit take a deep breath
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or if you do need to fill in those gaps
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even Amazon while they’re delivering 24
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hours or up to midnight tonight relat
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rather with Amazon Prime now you can buy
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those gift cards online to skip the snow
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you can even text them now it’s super
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simple so you can buy things for people
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but don’t get caught up in just trying
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to get one more thing because it never
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is alright we’ll keep those in mind if
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we have to head out to the storage of
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any thank you sherry