Black Friday Cometh

Having worked in retail during college, and while my dear husband was in the Air Force, I despised Black Friday.

What.A.Mess.

BUT, after a decade of de-tox, I stepped back into the fray. IT WAS A BLAST! Now, I will tell you I started out slowly, taking all my ads in to ToysRUs for their price match guarantee, and all I had to do was wait in line there. But I so enjoyed getting into the Christmas mood. I wasn't there for any hard core reasons. I just liked to go to the marketplace, see the people and hear the Christmas Music. If I could get a bargain or two for my dear sweet little ones, all the better! It was a great opportunity to get out an see people I hadn't seen in years, and to talk to complete strangers while waiting in line. It was therapy for this mom who was sequestered away at home with little ones, (before blogs!) and limited access to adult conversation. It was an adventure.

BUT THEN, the children grew up, and TR-Us closed in our town. (Yes, my children panicked, where else was there to go to worship at the shrine of Big Materialism for children.) But, as I told them, it closed because they, like everyone else, actually purchased their toys at Wal-Mart. (groans.."we didn't know"!)

So then I began to invite a friend to go with me, since there were two of us, there was no way to canvass every single place we needed to go, but it was fun doing it together. And we could split up the Wal-Mart grab frenzy. She on one side of the store, me on the other.

AND THEN, I found out that you didn't have to wait until Thanksgiving Day to find out what the sales were! There were ads posted online. Some are real, some fiction, and I recommend always double- checking the real ad when it comes out, but it does help in the planning before hand.

(no, I won't buy that sale online right now, Costco will have it on a BF sale.. at a better price)

So I have again subscribed to the Black Friday Websites. Just do a search for Black Friday ads.

I won't enumerate them here, but I am happy to hear anyone's suggestion of a good one.