Does anyone else go out on Black Friday shopping?
If so, here is a link for store ads before you see them in the newspaper.
http://bfads.net/
It's like a holiday for me, my sister and several friends.
First we post all the ads on a bulletin Board. We have a meeting on Thanksgiving Eve. Attendance is mandatory.
Using a pointer, and a map, we write down all the items that are of the highest priority and how many we want. The list is divided up by all participants.
The rendevous is at 4:30 am.
All cadets must bring an eye opener from the list usually hot cocoa, coffee, bagels, or muffins.
The cadets with the largest cars are drivers.
"Its the most wondeful time of the Year" is the official theme song for our trek.
Antlers are our helmets.
Rules are run into store, no deviation from said path to assigned items and meet back into the parking lot or on line. Any deviants must do 20 push ups.
Finished by 9:30 am and gather at my sisters house where my BIL makes us grayt pancakes.
Nap by 11:00 am.
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SoWal Guide
Does anyone else go out on Black Friday shopping?
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once again, I repeat my response to mangy... HAIL NO!
SoWal Expert
There is not a good enough deal to get me up to go shopping at 4 am! I don't care if they are GIVING out laptops or diamonds at the door. :roll:
I'll think of you when I wake up from my turkey coma (20 lb bird just went on the grill and I think it might be snowing again) approximately 5 hours after you start Black Friday shopping. We went shopping sunday and monday and will now avoid stores & malls like the plague for the rest of the week!
I'll think of you when I wake up from my turkey coma (20 lb bird just went on the grill and I think it might be snowing again) approximately 5 hours after you start Black Friday shopping. We went shopping sunday and monday and will now avoid stores & malls like the plague for the rest of the week!
SoWal Insider
It's not the iron, its all in the ironing board cover I discovered. I have seen the light (and other things)
MANgo nearly burned his shirt when he ironed it and saw what happened to an ironing board cover a sowal gull gave me for my b-day. :funn:
But I will keep an eye out for you. ;-)
:funn:Same as last year.....no....that is amatuer day. Hope y'all have a blast. If I were there I'd meet y'all for lunch....if you make it that long.
Beach Fanatic
Ain't no way! There's a reason they call it Black Friday, right? 
hmmmm......can't remember
:shock:
Holy schlamoly.
We got there at 11:55, and the parking lot was COMPLETELY full; we had to park at a neighboring shopping center. We saw at least two charter buses.
The line to get into Coach was insane; I bumped into a kid I used to teach, and she said that if we got in line then (at about 12:30), we couldn't expect to get in the door until daylight. I saw a lady with a Coach shopping bag, and she said they got in line at 9 PM and got in about 10:30 (the store didn't actually close tonight.) The line in the toy store was so awful that I couldn't actually get to the toys.
My friend Wendy just laughed. It cured either of us of ever wanting to go Black Friday shopping again, and it was funn to watch the crowds. There were small children there, babies in strollers, college kids, old people, and some sort of Asian field trip. More than half the people we saw were Asian, which is not part of the usual demographic for that outlet mall. (It's usually mostly redneck.)
Craziness. I think I'll just go to Wal Mart in the wee small hours sometime next week...
Holy schlamoly.
We got there at 11:55, and the parking lot was COMPLETELY full; we had to park at a neighboring shopping center. We saw at least two charter buses.
The line to get into Coach was insane; I bumped into a kid I used to teach, and she said that if we got in line then (at about 12:30), we couldn't expect to get in the door until daylight. I saw a lady with a Coach shopping bag, and she said they got in line at 9 PM and got in about 10:30 (the store didn't actually close tonight.) The line in the toy store was so awful that I couldn't actually get to the toys.
My friend Wendy just laughed. It cured either of us of ever wanting to go Black Friday shopping again, and it was funn to watch the crowds. There were small children there, babies in strollers, college kids, old people, and some sort of Asian field trip. More than half the people we saw were Asian, which is not part of the usual demographic for that outlet mall. (It's usually mostly redneck.)
Craziness. I think I'll just go to Wal Mart in the wee small hours sometime next week...
Meow
I am up and ready to go shopping! What stores are open? :lie:
hmmmm......can't remember
I am up and ready to go shopping! What stores are open? :lie:Kohl's opens pretty soon, and Wendy and I realized that we can go to WalMart all night long...
SoWal InsiderAuthor
I am up and ready to go shopping! What stores are open? :lie:
Kohl's opens pretty soon, and Wendy and I realized that we can go to WalMart all night long...
rise and shine gullfriends!
OK, screw the shine part.
DD get your a$$ up! Kohls is opening at 4 am.
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Meow
rise and shine gullfriends!
...I was just about to log off and look who popped up! Mango the Shopping Maniac!!! Go forth and prosper, Mango! I should be going somewhere, but don't even have a list! ;-) Mango...it is only 1:50 am here. Let dd sleep a bit.
SoWal InsiderAuthor
Mango...it is only 1:50 am here. Let dd sleep a bit.
Oh forgot about that.
I'll call her in an an hour and a half. 
Have funn Kitty. We're just hitting Kohl's and Toy's r us.
My list is in my head. :lie:
Don't forget to bring the song, "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the year!
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Meow
Oh forgot about that.
Have funn Kitty. We're just hitting Kohl's and Toy's r us.
My list is in my head. :lie:
What time does Target open...that's the only one I care about at 2 am.
SoWal InsiderAuthor
What time does Target open...that's the only one I care about at 2 am.
The respectable hour of 5 am.
Meow
The respectable hour of 5 am.
That sux for me. I hope to be back asleep at that time!
Don't forget your wrap up report! SoWal InsiderAuthor
That sux for me. I hope to be back asleep at that time!
Will do. I think I'll bring my camera this year.
beats on hood
Beach Jacket was supposed to get off work at 11 PM on Wednesday. But she had to stay at work until 1:10 AM Thursday getting ready for Black Friday. She has to be back at work at 2 PM today. I was hoping she (as our resident artist) would have time to help me with my Christmas ornament. Oh, well.
I am working on my ornament on Black Friday -- no shopping. It'll be so much funn!
I am working on my ornament on Black Friday -- no shopping. It'll be so much funn!
SoWal Expert
I am up and ready to go shopping! What stores are open? :lie:
Oh shoot- I slept through my shopping alarm!!
Point and click, point and click, people.
percy
BR, where is Beach Jacket working?
Mangy, whatdja git?
Kitty, what time did you finally get to sleep?
Mangy, whatdja git?
Kitty, what time did you finally get to sleep?
SoWal Expert
rise and shine gullfriends!
OK, screw the shine part.
DD get your a$$ up! Kohls is opening at 4 am.
Mango...it is only 1:50 am here. Let dd sleep a bit.
Oh forgot about that.
Have funn Kitty. We're just hitting Kohl's and Toy's r us.
My list is in my head. :lie:
Don't forget to bring the song, "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the year!
Thank you both.
Kitty for taking up for me.
Mangy for not calling me.
Beach Fanatic
Did anyone return safely yet?
Meow
BR, where is Beach Jacket working?
Mangy, whatdja git?
Kitty, what time did you finally get to sleep?
I had already gone to bed before 10:00 pm and read...woke up at 1:30 am.
I think I dozed back around 5-8, when the plumber called! 
They showed up around 8:30 and I handwashed dishes for an hour while listening to my dishwasher hum. I am a :shock: right now.SoWal InsiderAuthor
Did anyone return safely yet?
Just back and going to sleep. Thank you both.Well did you Kohl's it?
Kitty for taking up for me.
Mangy for not calling me.
Mangy, whatdja git?A Turbo Man action figure with the arms and legs that move and the boomerang shooter and his rock'n roller jet pack and the realistic voice activator that says 5 different phrases including, "It's Turbo time!" Accessories sold separately. Batteries not included.
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beats on hood
Daughter just started her 2-11 shift. Wasn't looking forward to it. You know how soporific Thanksgiving food makes ya. She drank a Red Bull to get up for working.
Big D and I are so chillin' today. No way we're going shopping ... except for more wine. ;-)
Big D and I are so chillin' today. No way we're going shopping ... except for more wine. ;-)
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SoWal Expert
Well did you Kohl's it?
Nope. Started the lights, spent the rest of the day on the sofa. Feel like I'm trying to get a cold...
Meow
Nope. Started the lights, spent the rest of the day on the sofa. Feel like I'm trying to get a cold...
Uh oh...don't get sick dd!!!!
Beach Fanatic
BLESS all you shopper's hearts!! You're so good for the retail economy.
Personally I'd rather take a needle in the eye than go shopping this weekend!
Personally I'd rather take a needle in the eye than go shopping this weekend!
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