This time of year is so busy!  I’m thankful there’s such a thing as POSGuys to make checking out at the store much quicker!  Do some of you remember the days when the person at the checkout counter had to search for the price on the item and then ring it up?  That took so much time, especially if they couldn’t find the price.  Then they would have to send somebody back to find the price on the shelf or bring up another item with a price tag.  Can you imagine what Friendly Friday would be like if we still had prices on items to be rung up?  Technology has made shopping much more efficient time-wise!

I had a nice surprise this week! Family Dollar sent a package to me, and this is what I found inside the box:

When I opened the gifts, I found two children’s gifts. There were boxing gloves for a boy and this adorable baby doll for a girl. Both gifts are only $5 at Family Dollar. If you’re needing some last minute inexpensive gifts for kids, then check out Family Dollar. Last time I was there, they had a good selection of children’s toys for $5 and $10.

Welcome to Friendly Friday!

PLEASE NOTE:  Due to the holiday next week, Friendly Friday will NOT be posted next Thursday and will instead return at 11 EST on Thursday, December 30th.

Remember, YOU can host the link list on your blog too! Just click “Get the code here…” at the bottom of the list. The code is different every week, so be sure to get the new code when hosting Friendly Friday on your blog. Hosting the list is a great way for everyone to get even more traffic to their blog.

Thanks for joining the Friendly Friday celebration hosted by Christi at Frugal Novice, Xenia at Thanks, Mail Carrier and Charla at Healthy Home Blog! We invite you to join us every Friday to make more friends in blogville, get more blog followers and follow other great blogs out there.

To join in the Friendly Friday celebration, include your family-friendly link in our list, follow the hostesses in the first 3 spots and then start blog hopping! Visit other blogs on the list and comment to give them some blog love. Then take a minute to follow them through Google Friend Connect – this is a good way to keep up with other blogs, but also lets us show support to each other! Please DO NOT list your giveaways here, links must be to either your homepage or your Friday posting with your blog title. All others will be deleted.

When people comment on your blog and let you know they’re a part of Friendly Friday, return the favor and follow them back. This way everyone gets traffic and followers out of participating, and it’s a win-win situation. We would love for you to also grab our Friendly Friday button and post it on your blog and/or in a post – the more bloggers that find out about Friendly Friday and participate, the better!

Spotlight on Friendly Friday Followers! We love your participation and want to show it! In addition to gaining followers, each week we’ll select three blogs at random and will feature links and a write-up for those blogs in the content of next week’s Friendly Friday post. There are so many seriously wonderful blogs out there, and this will be a great way to highlight some of those each week. Say hello to the lucky chosen 3 for this week (and feel free to stop by and give them a little extra love):

Alessandra @ The Adventures of a Greek Italian Girl writes about Italian/Greek heritage/culture, vintage, animals, fashion, food, books, movie & beauty reviews, & more. If you need a smile, be sure to check out her post highlighting baby animal videos. You’ll find movie and television show reviews, posts about fashion, and as of late, recipes too. This blog has a little bit of everything!

Amanda @ Blogger Broadcast says her blog is a “blog for broadcasting consumer wise choices, such as products, services, businesses and blogging tips.” She shares tips on making money online and many links to blog events and hops. You’ll also find information on how to do things like create a signature to put at the end of posts. This blog focuses a lot on helping other bloggers become even better!

Kim @ Momma of 5 is, well, a mom of five. 🙂 She has dealt with many struggles from early on in her life but has chosen to grow and learn from them, and depends a lot on her faith to get through everything. Her writing shares her family with readers, from everything to updates on her children to tougher issues like her father dealing with cancer. You really feel like you get to know her through reading her blog.

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Isn’t it amazing how many people, children included, have cell phones nowadays?  I remember when very few people had them and later how cool we thought it was when we got our first cell phone.  Now, nearly everybody has one.  All ages, from elementary age children to people in their 80’s and 90’s have them.  They are definitely a popular item to have!