Do you go out shopping on Black Friday?

Normally I don't, but I'm going to be with my in laws for Thanksgiving and have been invited to go. I still haven't really decided yet, lol.

I did it one year....and never again will I put myself through that.

Just FYI. go the the website Black Friday 2007 Thanksgiving Day Black Friday Ads at Black-Friday.net. they have had a lot of stores sales posted on there for about a month. the cool part is, each store has some things that can be bought online (sometimes with free shipping to store). i'm taking advantage of that this year. i will be up at 4:00 a.m. and online. (i have pretty much all of my purchasing done, but i want one of those gaming chairs, and wal-mart has one for $30).

Hell, no. There is NO deal good enough for me to get out there with those kinds of crowds. I really hate crowds....

I would rather slit my wrists, be burned at the stake, have bamboo shoots shoved under my fingernails, and be run over by a semi repeatedly than go shopping on Black Friday!!!!

What can I say? I'm an on-line shopping kind of girl!

We go every year! It is without a doubt a frame of mind! We make a party of it. Make our list--go separate ways get the biggies, then shop the other more abundant specials. I have gotten amazing buys---Last year we hit Best Buy as our main store, and we will never go to them again, it was total chaos, they attempted to organize things, which is funny in its own way! Yeah, organize bargain shoppers!! But they had aisles blocked off, and lines to get into line to get into yet another line....BUT!!! I did buy stacks of 100 DVD-R recordable discs....for $5.00 a stack of 100. I bought 5!! I still have plenty. Also got Flash drives for $5.00--great stocking stuffers. But they are going to have to settle for something less scary-we got trapped in a closed aisle---if there had been a fire, it would have been horrible!

We had planned on hitting Walmart for a chance at getting the Nintendo DS Lite, for our nephews in Denver, but DH just called, and he won one at work, so no need to fight for that one....although he said he thinks it looks pink!

We get our items we went after, then we hit the angel tree, each pick an angel and do the shopping for them---drop those off at the fire dept. do Breakfast....then shop some more. By afternoon, we are 98% done. Of course I am about 75% that way already!

I had surgery Friday, so not sure I am up to Black Friday--makes me very sad!

IF you decide to go---make the choice to have fun---if you get a good buy great, if not what have you lost, but a couple of hours of shut eye! Go with someone you love---and have fun!

Kat

I LOVE black friday!!!! I get such a rush being out there. Can't wait for Friday!!!!!!!!!!!

HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL NO!!!!!! If I could get away with it I wouldn't leave my house until after New Years at this point...lol. I had to go to Wal-mart today to get some last minute Thanksgiving fixings and I thought I was going to have a nervous breakdown before I got out of there, it was a mad house. I can only imagine what it'll be like on Friday. No way, no how! lol

I get up at 5am and stand in line for the store to open

I haven't done it in years. I would like to go, but I need a day to relax and sleep in. I think I will try to get one of those deals on Amazon though.

Since I've been with Avon...I don't do that anymore. I found my own way of getting 50% off without having to stand in lines or get up early.

Just wish they sold XBox's...

So, Black Friday is some kind of pre-Thanksgiving day shopping extravanganza? Sounds like I should be glad we don't do that in Canada. But we do have Boxing Day!

Black Friday is the day AFTER Thanksgiving. It's traditionally the day of the year when businesses go from being in the red financially to being in the black. Meaning that it's the first day of the year that they actually are making pure profit. It's a HUGE shopping day, and I prefer to stay the hell out of the stores at all costs....

I'm with Kat817. I LOVE this day!!!! My mom, sister, and I are out there at the mall at 5 am, and we have a great day together just shopping and having a girls' day to ourselves. I can't wait!!! I look forward to this all fall - but then I love the ENTIRE holiday season with a passion. Parties, family get-togethers, cooking fun stuff, shopping, just general togetherness - this season has always been a good time in my family. My dad, who had health problems and depression issues, LOVED Christmas, and this was the one time of year when he was happiest and my parents actually got along really well. I guess those positive impressions from childhood really stuck with me because from November 1st through the rest of the year I am in a continuous good mood! I really miss my dad though....and always wish he were still here to enjoy it with us.

in my family, the holidays are about providing for those in need. we pitch in a buy computers for the children of poor families..... my dad he started that . i think the whole holiday shopping thing is a sad reflection on the spiritual poverty of our country..... i hate to feel pressured to buy for people who already have too much..........