Anyone go Black Friday shopping?

[luv]

Feel free to share any experiences.

Three or four years ago, I went with a friend to Target. Wasn't too bad of an experience, so I decided to participate in Black Friday this year. No Wal-Mart, no Target, no Best Buy, and no Mall. I went to Academy Sports. I had a friend call me at 1am to tell me people were in line when the drove buy. The store wasn't opening until 5am, so I was going to head that way at 3am. Instead, I got there at 1:30, and there were about 25 people in line. I waited in my car until more people started lining up. I froze my hiney off from 2:20am until 5am.

Two good things I got from this experience. One, Christmas shopping for dad is done. Two, I am reminded why I don't do this, so probably won't again.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I've been up for 20 1/2 hours, and I have to take my mom out for lunch for her birthday before meeting friends to watch the LSU/Arkansas game. I'm going to bed!

[Frosty]

Late to the party, but Black Friday was super easy this year. We only had one store that was crowded but the lines were short. Most of the stores we went to had no lines. I think that having some stores open at midnight and some still open at 4-5 am helped, though it makes for a long night.

I never shop the loss leaders that the store only has like 5 of so I don't stand out and wait in line for the stores to open. If you avoid that initial crush, it usually isn't too bad.