This is death by a thousand cuts.

It may be a couple dollars here, a couple dollars there.

As you're shopping, you may actually not notice.

And then when you think about how much you've spent in the cumulative, like, where did all that go?

I'm Christine Zier-Clicette.

I'm Kyra Blackwell.

I'm Rosie Garan.

And you're listening to The Wirecutter Show.

Rosie, it's just us in the studio today. We are flying solo.

We are flying solo without Kyra.

And I think she would actually love this conversation because we are talking about deals today, holiday deals.

It's November.

A lot of people are probably thinking about their or starting to think about their holiday shopping.

Are you a pre-planter for shopping? Do you shop ahead of time or do you wait kind of closer to the holidays?

I am a mix. You know, I'm a maverick. I sort of can't be pinned down. No, I do like keeping lists throughout the year, but there is inevitably that moment where I'm panicked because it's two weeks out and I haven't gotten through the list.

Yeah. I tend to do something similar. I'll keep some lists. I am not historically a big Black Friday shopper. That said, this year, I do have a

list of things that I'm looking for for my kids that I have been looking for some deals on. So I think

this is a great time for us to talk with somebody who really knows a lot about deals and what to

expect this year. And I think it's going to be a little bit different than it has been in years past.

Yeah, I think that's probably true.

We've done two episodes on this show within the last year, specifically about tariffs and their connection to consumer product pricing.

And that's been based on wire cutter journalists who are trying to kind of get to the bottom of this question.

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