Electronics

Have you shopped your heart out yet? I’ve heard some peeps tell me the great finds and deals they found this morning. It was my first time ever going out to the stores at the break of dawn on Black Friday. It will probably be my last time too. This year, nothing really caught my fancy. The deals are so-so. Maybe because the items I really have my eye on are not deeply discounted. They are cheaper than ever during the year, but they aren’t Black Friday special. Anyhow, I came home and did some more looking around. Honestly, I’m seeing a lot more fab deals online than in stores.

Here are a few awesome deals that made me stop and look. You still have a couple of hours to catch from the comfort of your own home.

E-matic 4GB Video MP3 Player with 2.4″ LCD & Camera – $45. I’m really tempted to get this for the older kids – all-in-one, camera, video and music player. Nice, 2.4″ sized screen. It even can be used as a web-cam and records audio. It has a built-in speaker which is nice for the girls when listening to music together and with their friends. Sounds perfect and the price is not too bad either. Oh yeah and it has a MicroSD slot so you can expand the storage, supports up to 8GB card. Plenty of space.

HP Pink 10.1″ Mini 110-1129NR Netbook with Sleeve Case & Windows XP – $378. I’m not one who likes girly designs or pink but got to admit this looks sooooo sweet and sooooo fun! Very nice for moms. Love that it has a matching Black and pink sleeve case.

Flip Ultra HD – $179. I’ve been waiting for this HD unit to come down past the $199 price all year! This is not the regular Flip Ultra but the HD version that records at higher definition, 120 Minutes, 8GB Hard Drive. You can also get this at Walmart.com for $10 less and if you get it at Walmart. Actually, Walmart is an even better deal because it includes a tripod, case and HDMI cable.

That’s it for now. I’ve been sick and suffering from a horrible migraine all day so I will be missing out on some of these deals hope you catch some for yourself though

Here’s what I don’t get. Ebooks have been around for a really long time. Fact. I’ve been reading ebooks since 1999 and no, I have never read an ebook on my PC. I take my ebooks with me – since 1999. Yeah. How?

The handy, dandy PDA.

There was no Kindle, no iPhone but I’ve been happily enjoying ebooks and news all this while.

Now I’m not bashing the Kindle. As a die hard gadget girl (mom now), I’d love, to have one. It does have its advantages but the PDA and regular smartphone is still serving me very well. I can’t quite justify the $359. Here’s what I am using currently to read my ebooks.

• Palm T|X or
• HTC Mogul – powered by Windows Mobile 6

Both phones have Mobipocket installed. Love it. If you already have a PDA even an older one or a phone, chances are you already can read a bunch of ebooks. Do a quick search for ebook readers for your device. Mobipocket happens to support a number of different platforms. You may want to start there too.

You’ve heard me mention how tired I am of the kids ruining our DVD’s and CD’s. My husband once counted up the costs of all the movies we bought for them, we have an average of a few thousand dollars worth of kid movies. Talk about OUCH! I saw this video on PopSci.com and thought – interesting. Haven’t tried any of it yet but thought I’d share the video.

Do you love scrapbooking?  Piecing together the pictures and pages can entertain you for hours and leave you with fabulous results, beautiful scrapbooks and a ton of memories.  But maybe you want something extra special to make your books come to life and truly be beautiful.

A cropping machine can help you to create amazing embellishments to give your scrapbook that extra special touch and truly make it one of a kind.  The Cricut Personal Electronic Cutting Machine helps to save you hours of cutting by hand with scissors and aids you in creating the most amazing things for your scrapbook to truly make it special to you and your children, relatives or others you are preparing to share it with.

This is a wonderful investment for the tried and true scrapbooker.

I don’t know about you but i despise loosing my keys.  The issue around my house is that it isn’t normally me who “misplaces” them.  It is my children.  They seem to have a “fascination” with my keys and therefore they play with them and then stash them somewhere.  Then when I need them, they are no where to be found.

I could definitely use some help in this area.  Which is why a Wireless Key Finder is on my “must buy” list. I seriously need this to keep me sane and make my life a little easier.  It would definitely be worth the investment, saving me time, money and a few fights with my children.

Easy to use and a time saver for sure.  I plan to put this on my next year’s Christmas wish list.  What about you?

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Birthday party invitations, grocery lists, pictures, and more, as moms we print and print alot.  Having a printer in your home that can help you with your various tasks and projects is a must.  The HP Officejet J6480 All-in-One Printer can help you get all the things in your to do list printed and ready to go. You can even fax things, scan things, and print in color or black and white.

Having a printer at your fingertips is much easier than running to Kinkos or the printing place to get your to do list done, putting one more thing on your list. The ease and afford ability of having a multi-use printer is priceless.

I love to take pictures, especially digital pictures.  The ease of being able to save the good ones and erase the bad ones at the touch of a button.  My kids love digital too. They are running to look at the little screen on the back of the camera before I can get the picture taken almost. 

I don’t have a nice digital camera, I have a pretty inexpensive one.  I would love this digital camera, a Canon Rebel with a nice lens to zoom in on the kids.  I am especially hoping to have one of these as my kids get bigger and start playing sports so that I can catch them in action.

One day I”ll have one of these and be snapping pictures till my heart is content.  What kind of camera do you have?  Do you dream of owning a better one too?

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