<p>I did. Didn’t hit the stores 'til about 10:30 but got everything I went out for. Now, my goals were low (e.g. $3.88 for a 24 pk of Dasani water, $0.66 per 2 liter bottle of Diet Coke, etc). The biggest purchase I went in search of was a 17" flat screen plasma computer monitor-- got it-- for $79! No rebates to mess with either! I am a happy camper. My H was stopped by a sales clerk trying to sell a 40" flat screen HDTV (I don’t know the brand) for $1000. He (hubby) said no thanks. What in tarnation do we need with a 40" tv? Kids watch too much as it is. Not me… I spend too much time on the computer/on CC! I do tear myself away to watch “House” and “The Daily Show” though…</p>
<p>Ok-- what great purchases did you CC’ers score today?</p>
<p>I really wanted to go shopping. I’ll have to wait till the holiday season is over. My family doesn’t go shopping very often.</p>
<p>An $80 plasma TV sounds wonderful. That’s a real bargain! I did hear that over time plasma screens tend to fade…so we’re sticking with our plans for a snazzified LCD…but $80 is hard to ignore!!! Nice! (And good choice on the House…best show ever!)</p>
<p>Husband had great plans to pick up a few bargains on his way to play 18 this AM. Just called me to ask that I remind him never to attempt this again. He never even got out of the car. Lightweight:)</p>
<p>I’m with your dh!!! My kids and I decided to try and do the Best Buy thang. I had bought son’s first laptop there three years ago on the day after Thanksgiving, and my oldest D is graduating this year, and she will need one. The littles even talked me into going (my 8-year old son and 11-year-old daughter), so we all bundled up and headed out at 2:00 a.m.!!! Well, we get there and pull into the parking lot. <strong><em>OMG</em></strong>!!! The lot was full, and there, against the store wall (and all the way down the whole strip) were tents galore and fancy lawn chairs. The line went all the way around the strip mall!!! :eek: Needless to say, we realized that we weren’t going to get what we were after, so we headed home…the poor little guys were <em>SO</em> disappointed, as they were looking forward to the three hours of “camping.”</p>
<p>I went to our local Kohls this morning about 9 am. They were all set up for crowds with several registers operating and the cashier-wrangler person sending each customer to the next open register … but there was no one there! Empty registers. All I scored was a $7.99 mockneck marked down from $20 to go under my Christmas theme store tee.</p>
<p>In our town – 25000 people, Kohls is the biggest store – we don’t seem to have tons of Black Friday shoppers. However – we are poised to beat last Black Friday with 3 hours left to be open today – but it’s still nowhere near the biggest day of the year for us.</p>
<p>I’ve been cruising eCommerce sites on the Web for a couple of hours shopping for a new teevee. Does it count if you are sitting on the old blue sofa watching football, wearing socks, and drinking coffee while you shop?</p>
<p>Oh my gosh, Berurah, you headed out at 2:00 a.m.! I am very impressed.</p>
<p>My husband took two of the girls just now to go shopping for bicycles. Sometime today or tomorrow, I have to go get a cell phone for my daughter who got hers stolen – I am not looking forward to it. I think most of the Christmas shopping is going to have to be online. I just can’t handle the big crowds . . .</p>
<p>For SpringfieldGirl, who doesn’t have ANY yet, I scored a 5 piece set of luggage—not a name brand, but nice just the same–at Kohl’s at 8:00 a.m. for $73.99…4 out of 5 pieces are rolling. Plus a set of Penn State pajamas (see Master list of Acceptances) for SpringfieldDad. It was crowded, the line was long, but they were very organized and it took just 10 minutes to check out.</p>
<p>The people that compile the shopping stats for the holiday season are only interested in dollars in and product out. They look at all the reports from all different sorts of stores including the online shopping. I don’t think they pay a lot of attention to little independents like my store though.</p>
<p>oh yeah we went. The nearest Circut City is an hour away and we were there at 5 AM and somehow the $499 laptop we went after ended up costing $1599 ( with everything else we picked up with it)</p>
<p>I’m with you! Online for as much of it as possible! I was unduly influenced by my older D’s (17 and 15) and my son’s gf, who is my oldest D’s best friend. THEY talked me into it as an “adventure.” Yeah. Right. <em>lol</em> The little kids had the most enthusiasm, though! They thought they were SO grown up going with us. I felt badly when it didn’t pan out. The bar’s just been raised too high for us! :)</p>
<p>b4nnd20-
Didn’t get a plasma tv-- its a computer monitor- my bad. Its an LCD, not plasma (but has that squishy feel to the surface). It’s actually for my secretary’s desk at work. Not for anything fun. I have become a big on-line shopper, but this was a great deal to pick up and take to the office. It took a trip to 2 different Best Buy’s, but I got it as the second one, so I am happy. </p>
<p>Next project is to pick up a new zippered fleece (younger s. lost his… typical) and a new pr of dress shoes for him (He lost those too. How do you lose your shoes??? He doesn’t go to college yet- so its not like they are in someone’s dorm room. Even so, you’d think he’d notice that they weren’t on his feet!!).</p>
<p>Older s. is comparing all the newspaper ads to the deals he can get on line. The boys went out after midnight last night (this morning, to be technically correct) to grab a bite at Waffle House and to check out the line at MicroCenter (who had a fairly basic laptop on sale for $199!!) The line at MicroCenter was already long for a 5 a.m. opening, so they came home after eating.</p>
<p>ogod
I do not do shopping-( except on line & in our neighborhood)
I don’t do crowds ( not very well- & I have to have motivation- like being in the 8th row at a Pearl Jam concert)
I posted something on the thanksgiving son thread- but deleted it, because I didn’t want everyone to think I was completely without social skills
but I am about to take my 16 year old shopping- ( bad enough eh?)
to a mall in portland
Last time I took her shopping, I was exhausted and we didn’t get anything- well maybe one pair of jeans
and that was just in the springtime not BLACK FRIDAY!
I do want to go to REI while we are here & Powells- maybe
so wish me luck- I will be very irritated if I spend all afternoon at the mall & she doesn’t find anything.</p>
<p>( she has much better luck without me though- last time she went to Portland she found 2 whole Banana Republic outfits that were adorable and brand new looking at a used clothing store- it really puzzled me for a while when I saw them in the wash- because I * knew* I didn’t give her enough money to go to Banana Republic)</p>
<p>Oh how l love free stuff. thanks so much. I ordered the crystal where you buy a stem and get 2 for free. regular price 38.75 sale price $26.99 -factor in the 2 free for each one purchased they come out to ~$9 per stem.</p>
<p>at this rate we may have to talk to dodds and curmie about upgrading the glasses on SA (but oh yeah, we don’t drink from glasses now do we?)</p>
<p>Sybbie-
Should we revive the “bargains and deals” thread? I too LOVE a deal! I thought we drank out of old shoes and paper cups in Sinners Alley. These goodies are for the classier events. Where’d yo find the bargain stemware?</p>
<p>EK-
Don your crash helmet and head into the stores! We’ll be thinking about you…</p>
<p>For some incomprehensible reason my husband decided this was the year we would do the early Friday shopping. I don’t like to shop at all, ever, for anything. We headed out at 6. He went to Best Buy while I hit the sporting goods store. My store was almost empty! But I got a deal on soccer goalie gloves and some college logo pajamas. Best Buy was insane - there were lines snaking up and down the aisles all around the store. But he bought a camera so got to stand in a much much shorter line in the camera department. I would have bought a camera just to stand in a short line!<br>
We tried Target but the lines were just too long - even for the ladies room.
I went back to Target this afternoon for laundry soap and there was no one in line. </p>
<p>I told him shopping on Black Friday was a “been there, done that” experience for me.</p>
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