Wooden wonderland

Okay, so you’re not in the mood for board games? No problem. If you’ve got an anklebiter or two in need of educational, engaging, wooden playthings, look no further than Melissa & Doug. And yes, a bunch of their toys are marked down at Amazon right now. Of course.

Mix ‘n Match Peg Puzzle Bundle for $10
Chunky Wooden Farm Puzzle for $4
Large Knob Farm Puzzle for $8
Large Shapes Jumbo Puzzle for $8
African Plains 24-Piece Puzzle for $5
Solar System 48-Piece Floor Puzzle for $5
Farm Cube Puzzle for $6
Lace and Trace Farm for $5
Lace and Trace Shapes for $5
Travel Hangman for $5
Travel Memory for $5
Magnetic Dress-Up Joey for $5
Birthday Party Cake for $10
Cutting Food Box for $10
Lacing Beads in a Box for $8
Primary Lacing Beads for $5
Prehistoric Sunset Dinosaurs Puzzle for $8
Rainbow Stacker for $5
Deluxe Zoo in a Box Jigsaw Puzzles for $7

Games, games, games!

Insert your standard preface here about these being good gift closet fodder, even if you’re done shopping. My gift closet runneth over, and yet, at these prices? I can afford to keep stocking up. (Besides, I am squeezing every last penny out of my free Prime membership before it expires….)

Clue for $5
Clue Secrets and Spies for $4
Monopoly for $5
Monopoly City Edition for $9
The Beatles Trivial Pursuit for $10
Sorry for $5
Blurt for $10
Scrabble for $6
Yahtzee for $5
SET for $6
Five Crowns for $5
Apples to Apples Junior for $8
Twister for $5
Guess Who? Extra for $10
Wild Planet Hyper Dash for $8
Twilight New Moon the Board Game for $4
Twilight Board Game for $6
Game of Life for $8
HiHo Cherry-O for $5
Super Why Preschool ABC Game for $5
Phase 10 Touch Screen Game for $4
Sleeping Queens for $4
Payday for $5
Flinch for $5

Think Fun, play fun

I love a good game for the kids, and we already own several of the games from Think Fun that I just noticed are experiencing falling prices at Amazon. These are good last-minute gifts and Gift Closet stash items:

Serpentiles for $8
Rush Hour for $10
Safari Rush Hour for $17 (if you’d rather have elephants than cars)
River Crossing Jr. for $10
Chocolate Fix for $8

I am really looking forward to some time off from school and having Family Game Night every night. (I always look forward to this right up until the bickering begins.)

Saturday deals

I slept for eight straight hours last night. It was heavenly. This morning, I’ve almost lost the will to shop. Almost, but not quite. Thank goodness.

Are you married to an Elvis fan? Today’s deep deal at 6pm.com (unwrap the joy!) is a pair of blue suede shoes from Rockport. Really. Okay, they’re nubuck. Still. And then there’s the rest of the deals—Heelys, Simple, Bruno Magli, Converse, and more.

The Target Daily Deals include an adorable dog bed set for your pampered pooch, as well as a “room in a box” set of coordinating accessories for your fashion-conscious kid.

Need a quickie last-minute stocking stuffer? Restaurant.com to the rescue! Use coupon code SANTA through Christmas for 80% off—that’ll net you $25 worth of fine dining for just two bucks.

Been on the fence about buying a Kindle for someone who’s been very, very good this year? Amazon is offering free two-day shipping for a limited time, which means there’s still time to get one before Christmas.

And speaking of shipping in time for Christmas, most of the items in the Buy.com Holiday Superstore can be upgraded to 2-day express shipping for just $3.99, so there’s still time to get that last gift you need.

Of course, I’ll be keeping an eye on the Amazon Lightning Deals all day, as I’m coming to the end of my free Prime trial and want to make the most of that fabulous free shipping. (I am actually starting to feel a little bad. I nabbed several lightning deals in the $5-$10 range, which means it probably cost Amazon more to ship ’em to me than they made. Oops.)

Back later with some more deals, but that should get you started, at least. And maybe we’ll have a contest today, too. I have to see what I have hanging around needing to find a fabulous new home….

One! More! Week!

Remember those old commercials on TV, where an ominous voice would say, “It’s 10:35 p.m. Do you know where your children are?” Well, friends, there’s just one week left until Christmas… do you know where you put everything? Exactly.

Rather than wrap all of the stuff crammed onto the shelves of my closet, I think I’ll continue living in denial and check out the Amazon Friday Sale.

Okay, you know I’m a fool for the OXO Candela lights (I’ve linked them here before), but I’ve never seen this rocket-shaped one before, and it’s darling. At $15 that’s an easy shower gift.

I don’t know who (if anyone) drops $500 on an artificial tree a week before Christmas, but this realistic 9-foot tree is something to behold. I sort of love it. And wish I had a house big enough for it. (Or maybe I just wish I had children less likely to run straight into it….)

If you use K-cups for your coffee, there’s a bunch of Timothy’s choices available, like this Midnight Magic pack of 50 that comes out to just under $16 shipped with Subscribe & Save. There’s a bunch of T-disc options, too. (Side note: If I drink coffee at midnight, it’s not magical. I guess a focus group shot down “Midnight Mania” as a name.)

Today’s Gold Box Deal is The Bourne Trilogy on Blu-ray, just in case you’ve got a need for nine or so hours of an adrenaline rush with a side of Matt Damon. (And once Christmas is over, you never know… you might!)

So that was… well, that was slightly lame, but probably only because the copious amounts of Holiday Lightning Deals continue apace. I see lots of jewelry and music coming up later today, but also some toy deals and a few other items that may be worth checking out….

Oh, here’s one more Amazon deal: If you need another wiimote for your Wii, you might want to pick up Wii Play rather than just the wiimote; at $40 you’re basically getting the game for free.

Among the daily deals at 6pm.com today is the return of the $25 J-41s! I got a pair last time, and I love them. Super comfy and people always ask me where I got them.

There’s a cool little wine chiller available in the Target Daily Deals for $22, should you need such a thing for someone who has everything. (Of course, if they have everything, maybe they already have one.)

There’s a pair of diamond studs available as the Overstock Deal of the Day that has guaranteed Christmas delivery, so if you’re frantic and in big trouble, gentlemen, that might be handy to note.

Alright, I’m off to hook myself up to a coffee IV, deliver teacher gifts, help out with class parties, and drop the last of the packages off to be shipped. Try to stay out of trouble while I’m gone.

Maxus Dragonoid (weirdo type)

My son likes to tell me about his Bakugan—which ones are water types, which ones are air, which ones are… ummm… really, I’m just making this up. I don’t listen when he tells me, because listening to Bakugan factoids pretty much just makes my eardrums bleed.

So I really know nothing about this here Maxus Dragonoid Bakugan other than that it’s seven individual Bakugan that can come together to form one giant strange-looking thing, and that it’s currently $25 shipped, which is crazy because it’s a hard-to-find toy that they were selling for $35 earlier this month.

So just in case you also have a small obsessed boy, I thought you might like to know.

Scoop up some Scholastic

There’s a few great deals at Scholastic this week; you might not get ’em in time for Christmas, but there’s always the gift closet….

The following “Fundles” (that’s a fun bundle, get it?) are marked down to just under $10:
Clifford Set
Riddle Master Set
… and… okay, there’s a pirate one as well that I’m having trouble linking to. Just search “fundles” to find it.

Make it even better: Use coupon code SSFCS for an additional 20% off and free shipping on your $25+ order. And if you can’t find $25 worth of stuff you want from Scholastic, well, it’s like I don’t even know you anymore.

Even more down

If yesterday’s 12 Days of Christmas Deal at Eddie Bauer of down jackets didn’t do it for you—possibly because you live on the Arctic Tundra—you’ll be pleased to know that today they have down parkas $100 off. Code BH&G09DEC is still working for 15% off and free shipping, too.

(Look, I know there are only so many coats that a person needs. But occasionally I have to take a break from the Holiday Lightning Deals and look at something else. I think.)

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