Miss Star

The nerd in me gets to go over the ads for the hundredth time and plan a day full of amazingly priced christmas shopping with my mom

Louisville, Ky.

Harbor Freight 10/14

I am so excited for the ads to start rolling in! I can't wait!!! Also I just saw a post on Facebook from a blogger who said they have the Walgreen's BF Ad and might post it later. Seriously I'll believe it when I see it!!!! *edit* Just checked it again and she posted a sneak peak list of Walgreens Black Friday Free after Register Reward Items!

My shopping always starts Thanksgiving morning! It never fails that I need something at the Meijer and/or Kmart Thanksgiving Morning Sales.

OH MY GOODNESS!! I can not believe I won!!!

JcPenney's $3.99 Fisher Price Camera $9.88 Griddle $9.88 Waffler $28.88 Cookie Press $99.88 Sunbeam Stand Mixer $29.88 Phillipe Richard 26 pc. stainless steel cutlery set $19.99 Sterling Silver Diamond Accent Snowflake Pendant (3) $17.99 Sterling Silver with Cubic Zirconia Necklace (3) $9.99 Dearfoam, Isotoner, & Easy Spirit Slippers for Her (2) $34.99 New Balance Shoes $27.99 Team Pillow Pets $29.99 Lincensed Pillow Pets $15.99 Kids Coat $9.88 Discovery Kids Moon Lamp (3) $15.88 Microfiber Sheet Set (2) $4.88 Okie Dokie Winter Match Ups = $497.85

It's just me and my mom every year, it's my favorite holiday and she loves saving money and anything involving christmas! lol

I love getting gifts for my family at really great prices!!

Bobby's Caramel Cake Ingredients For the cake: 1 cup (2 sticks) butter, at room temperature 2 cups granulated sugar 4 eggs 3 cups sifted self-rising flour 1 cup milk 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract For the filling: 1 cup (2 sticks) butter 2 cups packed light brown sugar 1/4 cup milk 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract For the frosting: 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter 1 cup packed dark brown sugar 1/3 cup heavy cream, or more if needed 1 (16-ounce) box confectioners' sugar 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract 1 cup chopped nuts, optional Directions For the cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 3 (9-inch) cake pans. Using an electric mixer, cream butter until fluffy. Add granulated sugar and continue to cream well for 6 to 8 minutes. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add flour and milk alternately to creamed mixture, beginning and ending with flour. Add vanilla and continue to beat until just mixed. Divide batter equally among prepared pans. Level batter in each pan by holding pan 3 or 4-inches above counter dropping it flat onto counter. Do this several times to release air bubbles and assure you of a more level cake. Bake for 25 minutes or until golden brown. For the filling: While cake is baking, in a saucepan, combine butter, brown sugar, and milk. Cook and stir over medium heat for 3 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Remove cake layers from oven and allow cake to remain in pans as you prepare to stack and fill. Remove first layer and invert onto cake plate. Pierce cake layer with a toothpick over entire surface. Spread 1/3 of filling mixture on cake layer. Top with second layer, repeat process. Top with last layer and repeat process again. *Cook's Note: As I stack layers together, I stick them with toothpicks to prevent cake from shifting. For the frosting: Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat and stir in brown sugar and cream. Bring to a boil, and transfer to a mixing bowl. Add confectioners' sugar and vanilla. Beat with a handheld electric mixer until it reaches a spreading consistency. At this time it may be necessary to add a tablespoon of heavy cream, or more, if frosting gets too thick. Just be sure to add cream is small amounts because you can always "add to", but you can't take away. Frost cake and sprinkle top with chopped nuts, if desired.

Picture #1 - It can rain, it can pour, but I promise I will be the 1st one in the door! Picture #2 - There is a box of door busters up on the roof if anybody wants to go get them?! Picture #3 - Customer plays hide n seek with employee to get extra 20% off

Louisville, Ky.!!! & I am so excited that the Sears Essential that is right down the street is getting turned back into a Kmart!! Most likely it won't be done before BF but I can always hope it will be!!

Got to WM around 9pm and there was only about a half a pallet of the $7 sheet sets and everything else I wanted had plenty so I stayed by the sheets til 12am, one lady came up and was wanting 4 sets of the sheets & didn't have a cart, so I told her I would watch her back so no one ran up on her once we were allowed to get them and she could grab the ones we both needed and throw them in my cart, then we could go to a less crowded spot and seperate our items. We ended up running around together and getting a couple more items in my cart. She was so thankful I helped her out since she was by herself and spending most of the night helping someone with her that was in line for a big ticket electronic item.

Rain all day yesterday and then snowing as I was coming out of Walmart last night at 1am

Just got back home, got almost everything I had on my list :) Started out and got to Meijer's at 5am, wasn't too crowded but there was a line for electronics, we got everything we wanted and checked out and at the next store before 6am. Usually if the sell starts at 6am they won't let you check out til then but they let you go ahead and check out like 15 mins early this morning. Next to Dollar General which didn't open for another hour and there was already a family of 5 waiting at the door and they were all in line for the Polaroid MP3 players that I was there for too lol By the time the doors opened there were a lot of people there for the 2 & 4GB MP3 Players and the Slick Camera. Doors opened at 7am, I got my MP3 and everything else I went for. Then to Walgreen's for the SkullCandy Earbuds, 99 cent Pain Reliever, Bottled Water, Cottonelle. Vaseline Lotion, Bic Razors, and a few other things I can't remember right now lol But I can save I saved the most at Walgreen's, I had some really good coupons like $1 off the Vaseline Lotion and $2 off the Bic Razors which were $2.99 and they had a $2 RR! :)

Got ours at Meijer's this morning.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!! Hope everybody has a safe and happy holiday! And gets all the good deals they want! lol And now I am off to Meijer!

welcome :)

Added Hastings :) I will try to get the doorbuster hours listed on here too :)

Added, Thanks :)

I know a lot of you on GD are like me and like to be super organized for BF so I hope this helps :) Thanksgiving Day Sales Kmart 6:00am Meijer 6:00am Sears 7:00am Old Navy 9:00am Walgreen's 9:00am (3 Day Sale, some items Thursday only) Hastings 1pm - 8pm Micheal's 5pm - 9pm on Thursday (3 Day Sale) CVS Pharmacy Varies By Store (3 Day Sale) Rite Aid T.B.A (3 Day Sale) In Order By Time (because I prefer them listed that way and it might be heplpful to some of you lol) Toys R Us 10:00pm Thursday Night Old Navy 12:00am Premium Outlets 12:00am Tanger Outlets 12:00am (some opening earlier so may vary by store) Walmart 12:00am Kohl's 3:00am AAFES 0400 hhgregg 4:00am JC Penney 4:00am Macy's 4:00am NavyExchange 4:00am Sears 4:00am Target 4:00am Babies R Us 5:00 am Best Buy 5:00am Burlington Coat Factory 5:00am Cabela's 5:00am Dick's Sports 5:00am Fred's 5:00am GameStop 5:00am Kmart 5:00am Lowe's 5:00am Meijer 5:00am Micheal's 5:00am Modell's 5:00am Sam's Club 5:00am ShopKo 5:00am Sports Authority 5:00am RadioShack 5:30am AJ Wright 6:00 am Bass Pro Shops 6:00am Gander Mountain 6:00am Harbor Freight 6:00am for Club Members Jo-Ann Fabrics 6:00am Menard's 6:00am OfficeDepot 6:00am Pep Boys Auto 6:00am Staples 6:00am Tractor Supply 6:00am Ace Hardware 7:00am Big Lots 7:00am Half Price Books 7:00am Harbor Freight 7:00am OfficeMax 7:00am PetSmart 7:00am Hastings 8:00am True Value 8:00am BJ's Wholesale T.B.A Costco T.B.A CVS Pharmacy Varies By Store Express Varies By Store Guitar Center T.B.A RiteAid T.B.A Walgreen's T.B.A Hope everything is right :) lol

I completely agree! And I've been BF shopping since I was 10 lol But many things have changed this year - I will have way more money to spend this year than I ever have before, I am going to more stores on Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday than I ever have, and the 12am sale time throws in a whole new aspect for me too lol But I am finalizing my lists and getting all the little details in order so I should be good as long as everything goes as planned, but we all know it never does

I always use Google Shopping

So far my plan goes Thursday 6am - Meijer 9am - Walgreens (i think that's when they open) Friday 12am - Walmart 4am - Target 5am - Kmart 6am - AJ Wright 7am - Big Lots Plus a stop at Rite Aid sometime to pick up a couple things. This also all depends on how long it takes in each store and the Kmart Thanksgiving Day ad.

Thanks for posting this, I forgot all about the 7 day limit. :)