i HAVE done BF every year since , I think I was 13ish. My mom got me into it, because I was big with getting everyone else gifts. It's carried over to my family now, unforunately this is the first year I have to go allll by my lonesome cause I won't be with my family for Thanksgiving. But, out of those ten years or so, maybe shorter*can't really remember when I started doing this* I have never seen wal-mart open on BF for taking your layways out! Only putting them in on that day. Some walmarts might be different, these were in florida that I did this (jacksonville to be exact) but again,someone else is saying they were allowed to put 5 seperate layways in. Every wal-mart I've been to, only allowed 3.To be honest though, I wouldnt put my layway in on BF, biggest reason is its tooooo hectic, If i'm there at walmart for a deal, I'm buying it that day, unless i just dont have the funds for it all. (i save during the year just for this day) I know last year my mother and I were up really early at walmart (didnt spend but I think 100 bucks, they didnt have that much that I remember) but I bought my son a bunch of stuff to save to give to him this year, sadly, we moved to La, and lost it so I don't think I'll do that again this year. But I just figure, If its that cheap, why are you going to wait to get it? what if something happens?