Originally Posted By magic0214 I would love to know your plan of attack. Any traditions that you do every year?
Originally Posted By KatieKate123 oh my goodness I love black friday shopping. I do it every year. This is the first year that I got to work earlier than 9 a.m I have to be at work at 6:30 but hey I will still be out there at 3 in the morning right before work. The first thing I'll do is check the ads see what I really want. Usually my sister and I go to two different stores, and pick up eachothers things that we want in those stores. You have to understand I am on a very limited budget so even 5 dollars will make a difference to me. TO her she does it for the sport lol. Then we always meet up at Ihop and eat breakfast, swap money and swap items.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper My wife will hit the stores in the wee hours of the morning. Grandma is going to watch the kids that night so we will probably do some of the Santa shopping at that point. My wife never met a sale she didn't like.
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS This might actually be the first Black Friday EVER that I don't go shopping on. PB's 21st is just a few days after, and Vegas needs my money more than the stores do LOL!
Originally Posted By TXDISNEYNERD But 999 think of all the $ you will save. You can use all that $ you save in LV. Of course, I'm in. I am debating about doing the midnight thing as a mall close to me is opening then. I am also debating about Target opening. I would never do Best Buy or Walmart, but I am thinking about Target as they have the ITune $25 GC for $20, plus if you spend $100, you get a GC for $10. Of course, I also have to hit Penneys to get my snowglobe. I also need to find out if Sports Authority is doing the scratch offs this year. If so, I will have to work them in too.
Originally Posted By magic0214 ^^^ I agree on the JCPenny snowglobe, a must have! But didn't know about the itunes giftcard, good to know!
Originally Posted By lesmisfan my family has been known to do black friday. me not so much over the past four years since I am always working during it and have little money for shopping. but thats ok, there are always awesome holiday deals all holiday long if you know how to look for those deals.
Originally Posted By EdisYoda No, I'm not a Black Friday Shopper, as I'm a Black Friday Salesperson working from 3:30am to 9:00pm
Originally Posted By onlyme Poor EdisYoda. Please report back on how many disgusting, un-showered, smelly, rude, bad-breathed, greasy people, dressed in pajamas you encounter that morning. Seriously, good luck. I don't envy you. I never go out early, but, I've got my eye on a laptop, so I may be joining you all.
Originally Posted By Ursula Woo. There is ONE thing we need at Target. I will be there at 3 am. I am thankful that I live about a mile away from Target.
Originally Posted By KatieKate123 Awww I am sorry you can't join in also EdisYoda, I used to work at Target as a cashier, and every black friday our manager would let us pick out two things we really wanted before the store opened (besides the items that had like only 4-5 in the store) so that was a nice benefit of having to get up at 3 a.m to be at work 4
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 When my kids were young, my mom, sisters and any female kids would head out on Black Friday (then known as the Friday after Thanksgiving.) We were in Tahoe City and it was a bonding thing while the guys skied. We'd just look at the few shops and have lunch and listen to the Christmas music. About 15ish years ago we stopped going to Tahoe. We continued the shopping/lunch at a nearby center that didn't have many crazy deals and was pretty uncrowded. We did try to hit a few stores that opened at EIGHT AM!!!! and gave out freebies at that time. Now our oldest DD will be up at 3am heading to Target and has a full plan of attack according to when the stores open. She has volunteered to be the personal shopper for the family Youngest DD (who will likely be looking at clothes) and I and maybe son's fiancee will venture out at some point. Depends on the ads and most importantly where we can have lunch Hopefully we'll meet up at some point with my sister and niece who will be heading for the toy/electronic stores. We'll likely be texting like crazy
Originally Posted By wahooskipper Good question about why it is "black" Friday. By the time my wife gets done shopping we are usually in the red.
Originally Posted By disneydad109 can some one tell me why it is a different shopping day then others near Chrismas.I would think since most folks are off they would want to shop.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper I think it is all the extra sales that go on. And, since the stores basically lose a day on Thursday then Friday is the "catch up" day for revenue.
Originally Posted By TXDISNEYNERD I have always heard that it was named Black Friday as it was typically the day the stores got in the black. I go out on BF because it just kicks off the Christmas season for me. Every store has sales going on and typically I find everything is on sale. You can also get freebies like the snowglobes. I can go early and the mall I go to isn't that crowded so I get a great parking space. Everyone I have encountered is typically in a very festive mood as they aren't stressed about getting everything done. I have had to go out once on Christmas eve for something, and that was just a madhouse.
Originally Posted By Labuda It's called Black Friday because that's the day most stores end up in the black for the year. As for me, I need to spend the next couple of evenings looking at ads to find out where I want to go to build my blu-ray collection a bit. Plus, I MAY buy a Kitchenaid mixer finally this year... as long as I don't have to go to Best Buy to get it, that is! I do NOT want to line up at noon on Thanksgiving, ya know?
Originally Posted By disneydad109 thanks. it must be tuff to wait all year to get on the good side of the balance sheet in the last few weeks of the year.
Originally Posted By iamsally No, not ever!!! My dad was a huge Black Friday shopper. He once go everybody in the family a bread maker for $15 or something like that. He loved it. Me, I would rather face a Fantasmic! crowd than BF shoppers.
