Sorry that I have been absent this weekend. I love to leave comments but I have been CRAZY busy!! Black Friday was a success again this year. We started off going to Walmart and HOLY CRAP there were more people there than I have ever seen (and I have been going for 11 years)!! There were all of the crazy women but also there were a lot of men and children. Who the heck brings their kids out at 4:45 a.m.? NOT me!! It was a mad house in there but we got what we wanted and then we took off for Target.
We got to Target a little later than we usually do and I was really bummed because by the time we got there the Air Hogs that my husband and son wanted were gone but I was able to get everything else on my list. I got a lot of clothes for the kids at great prices which made me very happy.
Next we went to breakfast and enjoyed some food and rest. We needed it after shopping for 3-1/2 hours!!
Then we went to Brickyard and first we went to Robert's and bought a few things. Then we went to Mervyn's and everything in the store was at least 50% off. We started looking at clothes and I swear that they marked all of the prices up so that they could still make lots of money. All in all Mervyn's was pretty disappointing. We did manage to get some good deals there but not many.
We then had to go and make a drop off at my mom's house because the back of the Blazer was full to the top!! We dropped off all the goods and then decided to hit Shopko. Nothing was too impressive there so I headed home.
Almost all of my shopping is now done. That makes me very happy!! So, all in all, Black Friday was a success and I had a great time!!
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Your post made me tired....lol. And I love that you have to buy toys for your hubby and son, that is so real!!
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Dang. Blogger ate my comment again.
Now will you please do shopping for me?????
Glad your day was a success. I have decided to continue with my tradition of completing my shopping before Thanksgiving...Black Friday is not for me!
I thought WalMart was extra crowded as well....what's up with that???
I wonder if Mervyns will be better after Christmas, before it goes under.
Sounds like a productive day!
I have done black friday shoping for a many years, and this year all I did was sleep. I didn't see much that was on our list, plus I got a lot of things early this year- after my MP3 experience I am leary of the supply in the stores. I have bought a lot of stuff online. SO easy!
I still would have gone if any sisters wanted too, just for the fun of it. I think it is kind of fun shopping in massive crowds of people. (But not killing anyone.)
I l♥ve this time of year! Shopping is my fav :) ♥ Hugs!
yeah I wish I had some decent stores to shop at!!
Denise-
Yeah--my hubby still likes toys. Whatever floats his boat!!
Lisa-
I wish you lived closer because I totally would!!
Mary-
Oh--I am sorry!!
Kristina-
I hope so. They really have some cute clothes but I still wasn't willing to pay $20.00 a shirt and that was 50% off!!
Ramona-
I have missed you!! So glad to see you are back!!
Liz-
I wish you did too!!
No way was I going out on Friday! NO WAY. I babysat and spent quality time with my nieces and nephew. It was worth it!
I always do the Black Friday thing! I LOVE it! Wal-MArt was a madhouse this year! Two ladies got in a slapping fight over a comforter set! lol Oh my! I got most everything I wanted though!
dang, you are braver than me. i have never once attempted to shop on black friday! that scares me. we don't go too crazy over gifts at christmas though. we give our kids lots of gifts throughout the year so it's not like a huge deal. they never write out elaborate wish lists or anything like that. usually just a few things they'd like to have. of course emily wants a nintendo DS and julian wants an IPod. but those are the only big ticket items, really. thank goodness!
How great to have your shopping mostly done! I haven't even started.
I use to be a faithful Black Friday girl, but I stopped going two years ago when I witnessed something sincerely disturbing at a Walmart plus got pushed down and trampled (it was human kind at it's WORST and I can't forget it).
I wanted air hogs too and found them at Costco on Saturday (2 for $19.99)!
Glad you had fun!
Sounds like you had great success! Happy shopping!
At least you weren't killed. And someone in a Walmart up here got into a FIST fight with another woman over a toy. Geez! Glad you got your shopping done and got some good deals in the bargain.
so glad you are almost done! so what are some of your big gifts that you got??
You are either brave or crazy-I am not going anywhere with that many people hell bent on getting what they want, especially at that hour of the day!
I am doing it all online, if I can get away with it
Mervyn's is alive somewhere? The MN stores closed years ago and I miss their deals!
Our Mervyn's just closed down a couple weeks ago! Darn it...
I never noticed before (probably because I didn't really look!) but your kids are freaking cute!!! That boy of yours is going to be a heartbreaker!!
Julie-
That time that you spent with you nephew and neices was precious so I don't blame you for not going!!
Misty-
Really?! That's some crazy stuff!!
Katie-
That's cool. I am sure that my kids will be asking for things like that in the coming years!!
Teresa-
HOLY CRAP!! I am sorry that happened to you!! If I would have been with you it NEVER would have happened!! (0:
Jo-
CRAZY!!
MG-
My big ticket items were not on sale of course!! But I got lots of good deals on the little things and a lot of clothes.
Paige-
I LOVE going!! It has become tradition.
Kelly-
Mervyn's is on it's last leg here. It is closing very soon--probably after Christmas.
Sally-
Thank you!! I think they are freaking cute too!!
sounds like you had a very productive day. you are a brave, brace woman.
Wow, that makes me tired just to read! I am glad you got so much done though. Are you finished shopping now?
So glad it was a success and I'm jealous that you are nearly done!
I never do black Friday. I have a hard enough time waking up at 7 o'clock, let alone 4!
Oh man, that sounds SO scary. I don't leave the house until after 11am on Black Friday. You should be commended for going to Walmart at 4:45am. That's before breakfast.
I am glad that you had a good time! I did too!
It makes me tired just thinking about it. My hubby has gone the last few years. Last year he got eveything on his list and was home before I woke up. This year there was only one thing he really wanted that was a SUPER good deal and he was planning on getting up early to get it, then he realized that it was for sale on line for the same price. So he got to sleep in this year. :)
Glad you had a great time and did well overall. Sounds like fun!
Love Black Friday! The WalMart I went to was crowded, but surprisingly organized and fast.
Target was kind of a nightmare.
Glad you got a lot done, though! Me too...it feels great! Now to actually get it under the tree...well, and the tree up.
I'm so glad you made it out alive!
We bought one thing. A TV for our bedroom that was marked down like 300 bucks. We were so excited.
I'm glad you got a whole bunch of stuff! (and that you are alive)
Congrats on getting it all done! I still have to start shopping (yikes)
Awesome! That is so great that you got almost all your shopping done! What a great day!
I am only a block away from a Target. My favorite place to shop. I think that's where I'll get most of my Christmas shopping done.
Glad that you survive the day! SMILES!
Haha, I'm glad you had a good shopping experience! I remember seeing commercials for air hogs.
I think it's very true that companies mark up their prices so that they don't lose much from their sales. Jerks!
I didn't get to Wal Mart until 10:30. It wasn't very crowded and everything was picked over. They didn't have what I went there for.
I never did like shopping at Mervyn's.
I still have a ton of shopping left to do.
Wow. Every time I've gone out on Black Friday it's only been to one store. I can't imagine going for all day. I'm glad you got some deals though.
I am so jealous of your black friday shopping, I never have anyone to go with! Isn't it too bad about mervyns? It's annoying how they marked EVERYTHING at original prices then it was 40 percent off, which was worse than some of the deals you normally get there.
I am so jealous of your black friday shopping, I never have anyone to go with! Isn't it too bad about mervyns? It's annoying how they marked EVERYTHING at original prices then it was 40 percent off, which was worse than some of the deals you normally get there.
YOU FORGOT TO TELL EVERYONE HOW YOU DROPPED ME OFF TOO! I guess you were done pushing me around in my wheel chair! It was fun for a while! I loved how you used me as a bull dozer! You sure are phyco about a good deal! WE sure did clear out a lot of people just to get our bargans!
Wal mart was crazy.....Why would people bring their kids? One time there was a man who...and I am not kidding...dived into the pile of care bears while taking out women with his elbows. He had brought 3 of his kids. Whom he left abonded in the hectic crowd. What the freak?..... they are only care bears! He got arrested BTW, and this was in the RICHFIELD WAL-MART! Small town mentallity? I don't know!
hey sister!! I had my first black friday experience and guess what? got 2 of those hog things.. pretty good huh? Glad yours was fun,,
I was disappointed the last time I went to Mervyns too. I have been a regular shopper there since I was born I think and I know their prices... and I think they DID mark them up to mark them down because SOME of the things were actually MORE than I've paid for in the past. However, I think I'm planning another trip there sometime this week... maybe I'll find something good!
Angela-
Dang you!! (0; I really wanted to get the Air Hogs but they were gone when we got there!!
Heather-
I was really disappointed in Mervyn's. Hopefully as it gets closer to closing they will have some real deals!!
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