Our brain teaser of the week contest lets you put aside that shopping trip, stretch your mind for a while and if you're lucky (and correct!) have a dinner on egazing! All correct answers are entered in our drawing to win a $25 dining dough certificate for dinner at a restaurant near you and will be announced in the next newsletter, the gaze-ette.

Answers must be in by Noon EST, Thursday December 28th
to qualify for the drawing.

Submit your answers to BrainTeaser@egazing.com

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Last Minute Shoppers
These last minute shoppers had put off their gift shopping until they were in a panic about what to get everyone on their list again this year, but luckily they visited egazing for some ideas that allowed them to shop from home and avoid the lines and craziness at the mall.

Saving time, saving money and saving stress, these shoppers visited 5 different stores to buy their gifts and bought the gifts at 5 different times. There were 2 women, Sandy and Nancy, and there were 3 men, Jay, George and Tony.

Three shoppers went online and bought their gifts in the evening and 2 shoppers bought their gifts in the morning.

3 of the shoppers printed out their gifts at home after they shopped at Restaurant.com, Gift Certificates.com and Christmas Games A to Z.

2 of the shoppers took advantage of the order online and pickup at the store option from Sears and Circuit City.

From the clues, your goal is to identify which shopper visited which store at which time.

The Clues
1. Jay was the first to shop, on Friday Night

2. Sandy bought the Play Station 3 for her nephew and George bought the Craftsman Tools for his best friend.

3. Both of the women, Sandy and Nancy, bought their gifts on Saturday and they shopped at the two stores starting with the letter "C"

4. Of George and Tony, one of them ordered from Gift Certificates.com and the other one did his shopping Sunday Morning

5. Both gifts that were picked up at a store were ordered in the morning


The Different Things
The Shoppers :
Jay
Sandy
George
Tony
Nancy

The Stores:
Gift Certificates.com
Christmas Games A to Z
Restaurant.com
Sears
Circuit City

When they shopped:
Friday Night
Saturday Morning
Saturday Night
Sunday Morning
Sunday Night



Now, just a hint at how I like to solve these puzzles. I put together a chart with all the different items and put "X" in each box until I have eliminated the possibilities based on the clues. To help you out, i have put together a chart for this puzzle that you can print out to work on your answer and get a chance at that dinner on egazing!

Click here to open the chart in a new window and print it

Happy e-gazing and good luck!

Scott