har9209

I use the toyland opening as a trainer for the real black friday. we call it black friday lite in our house.

We have Meijer. And we usually end up going Thanksgiving morning and Friday. We usually go On wednesday too, if you get ther late enough on Wednesday you can scout the locations of items on sale. I rember one year where we went Tuesday to get our grocies, wednesday night to scout the store, and then on thursday morning our 3 year old said "Meijer again? oh Drat" And I will second that meijer is calmer and more organized and the visit there is so smooth compared to Target, Wal Mart, and Best Buy

My wife was about 20 weeks or so along last year. She has a history of Complacations which took some careful planning. First we we started our day at a 24 hour store like Wal Mart or here in the mid-west Meijer. That way she was not out in the cold for hours, we had access to restrooms, and there are benches in the store if she needed to sit. We did carry water around with us all day and took small snacks to stay off the morning sickness. Other steps we did would be to let her off at the door while I parked the car. She would use the restroom while I stood in the checkout line. you will have to be careful of people bumping and pushing. Try to send your shopping partner into the mayham. Some sales like at Target are 2-day sales of if it is not critical to get an item do the bulk of the shopping then go back out for the lessor things that aren't the must have's. Another thing we did was she wore tighter then usuall clothes that made her look MORE pregnant that way she got the sympothy "cuts" or access to sale racks.