Another Black Friday come and gone…

and I survived! 

The day began at 3:00 a.m. for me.  That’s the time I woke up to drive to Walmart.  Got to Wally World with my shopping companion by 4:30 a.m.  The line wasn’t too bad.  Shorter than last year.

By quarter to five, the line was longer and kind of wrapped around itself.  People who had just got there cut others out of line.  I told my SC (shopping companion) that I would ditch my cart for easier maneuvering into the store.  She would have the cart and I would catch up with her.

As soon as I got in, I went to the toy section and got the four main things on my list.  Then I found my SC in the men’s dept. where she was just helping herself to the last two pairs of 34/34 men’s jeans.

We were done by 6:00 and on our way to the mall.  Hit Sears there first and encountered a very nice fellow shopper who gave me a coupon for $10.00 off my purchases, as she could not use it herself, since she didn’t have enough stuff.  I thought that was very nice of her.

Next stop was Christmas Tree Shops where we were able to get 20% off our purchases.  Worst part of that experience were the checkout lines!

Found a great deal at FYE on DVD TV shows…buy one at $34.99 get the other FREE!  WHoohoo!  Great gifts for hubby…

Hit a few other miscellaneous stores then left to have lunch at Crackerbarrel.  Finished off the day at Toys R Us where I was still able to find the deals I was in search of, even at 3:00 p.m.

Now if I could only find the energy to wrap this stuff…

The Black Friday madness is starting! I LOVE it!

I’ll give a little plug to two of my favorite deal sites right here:  dealtaker.com and gottadeal.com 

I discovered them about three years ago during the Tickle Me Elmo craze and I visit them both on a regular basis mostly for freebie deals (and believe me, I’ve gotten some GREAT stuff from both of these places!)

I can relate to how most of the people who visit these sites feel about stores holding out on the release of their BF ads too early.  After all, it IS exciting to see what each store is going to have to offer and to make your plans for all the BF shopping. 

On the other hand, I CAN see how the stores feel about their sales being leaked to the public too early.  There is a competition factor that I think comes into play with a lot of them.  In that sense, I feel that a November 24 release of the BF ads is plenty of time to go over the ads and still know where to go for what.

Okay, so there is a lack of suspense and excitement…but as long as we still get to shop on BF, who cares, right?