Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub At the mall today (packed) I noticed a Tangled coloring opportunity in the center of the store to occupy the children while their parents shopped. Why do I think that is odd. I recall most children are bored with coloring...is Disney lacing the paper with secret pixie dust? Anyway the person working with the children told me the store would be open at midnight for the Black Friday at the mall in Overland Park,Kansas. Only one other store will be open so far...I hope it is a Starbucks or Panera! I am wondering if other stores will be open across the USA?
Originally Posted By alexbook At some point, you have to wonder why they don't just stay open all night on Thursday.
Originally Posted By CuriouserConstance A lot of stores are starting to open Thursday night at Midnight. I don't like this trend. It's too hard to shop at different places. Some stores have sales starting at midnight, but some items not on sale till 5am. That's ridiculous!
Originally Posted By TXDISNEYNERD <At the mall today (packed) I noticed a Tangled coloring opportunity in the center of the store to occupy the children while their parents shopped. Why do I think that is odd. I recall most children are bored with coloring...is Disney lacing the paper with secret pixie dust?> My child loves to color. That would be a welcome distaction. I have done the Midnight shopping thing once and was not too crazy about it. I prefer to start about 4 AM.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>A lot of stores are starting to open Thursday night at Midnight. I don't like this trend.<< I don't either, but for a different reason. I think it's terrible that all these retail workers have to have their Thanksgiving time with family even more intruded upon. Last year there was an item Target was selling as a "doorbuster." People log-jammed through the store at o'dark thirty to fight for it. Two days later, we found it for $10 more. To me, not having to deal with the crazed mob at 5 in the morning is worth $10.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb Because my son has out grown most of his clothes and the family I am visiting lives near a Kohl's I will be shopping on Friday. If it weren't for an actual need to go clothes shopping you couldn't catch me within a mile of a "Black Friday" sale. Sigh, I guess I should take plenty of my heart med on the trip, I'll probably need it. That kind of crowd stresses me almost to the point of anxiety bordering on panic.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Kohl's has great sale prices almost all of the time. Personally, I don't think the savings will be so great as to make it worth the stress, but YMMV. I bet you a quarter that if you were to compare what you spend at 5am vs. going later in the day after the doorbuster crowd has gone, there wouldn't be a significant difference.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb Oh there is NO way I'll be there for the "door buster"! And I MAY not even go until Saturday, I'll have to see what sales/promotions are running that weekend. *shudder* I'm just glad my sister and I don't exchange gifts anymore so I only have to shop for my parents and the kids.
Originally Posted By DAR So when the first stores open up at 2 or 3 am you know I'm doing on Black Friday? Sleeping. And then when they open at 4 or 5? Sleeping.
