When I worked downtown, my shopping was always done early, because I was only two blocks from the department stores. Now, shopping isn't that convenient, and on-line stores don't have those same mark-down sales, so I mostly shop later.
However, I saw some cheap (2/$10) and wonderful LED flashlights in Walgreen's the other day, and bought one for a friend's gift as well as one for me! <tried to find a link to these but they're not on Walgreen's web site). | 
