Bursley2010

Couple of chairs, sleeping bags, charged iPod, personal DVD player, blankets, stack of ads, a marker, and LOTS of layers and warm weather gear. A big thermos filled with hot chocolate (and maybe some Bailey's ) and some leftovers usually make their way into the car as well....

I'll tell you what the weather will be in MI right now...cold and likely wet. That's all I need to know. Time for the layers.

YAY Ads! How exciting to see them starting in!

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Not far, luckily. We've got a Best Buy, Target, TRU, Kohls, Dick's Sporting Goods, and a mall all within about a 3 mile radius from our house.

A bit of both, however I usually have most of my shopping for others done by the time BF rolls around so I try and pick up the last bit of stuff I've been waiting for (doorbusters, etc.) and then pick up some of the smaller items for myself as a treat. I love getting to the mall at the end and getting some great Old Navy and Bath and Body Works deals!

What about Wii games? I saw that Wal-Mart was doing some special online deals where you can get two games for $30 on select games; are there any Wii games that people are looking for in particular? We'll probably be looking for GH:WT (if the fiance hasn't already gotten it), some of the lego games, wii-music, and a few others...

At least we have the quote from TRU saying this BF will be big...I can still hold hope there will be some big deals. And I also hope we start seeing some more ads sooner rather than later! :)

I'm a teacher, so we always get Friday off-- hard to believe, but BF is actually stress relieving in comparison.

I've gone with friends/family, and I've gone by myself-- I think I prefer a small group; one or two other people. That way we can split up and cover more ground, but we're not worrying about keeping track of everyone.

Thanks for helping to put my mind at ease. I sure hope I can wear one of these shirts outside of all my layers in the wee hours of BF morn.

GAH! If I weren't working tonight I'd be doing this for sure!!!!!!! I'm sure someone will have done it by the time I'm off at 10 pm! I *REALLY* want one of these shirts too!!!! Can I just take a picture with a webpage of a BF store??

My fiancee and I start out spending all TG looking over the ads, making decisions on what we want to get and prioritizing in the event that we can't pick up everything. Then we usually take a quick walk around Meijer/Kmart to walk off the turkey and see if there's anything we'd like from the TG sale, and head back home for a quick nap. We're up by midnight and out in line at Best Buy by 12:30am, armed with our DVD player, sleeping bags, chairs, blankets, and a thermos full of hot chocolate (and Bailey's :) ). We usually get through BB in a half hour/45 min or so, then it's across the street to Target just in time for them to open the doors. We may hit Kohl's or a couple other places before we go to Big Boy for the breakfast buffet, then drop off the finacee at home to sleep while I hit up Old Navy and the mall (Bath and Body Works for sure!). I'm usually done around noon and after I get back, I unpack and take all the price tags off, pop in a movie and crash on the couch, enjoying the gradual thaw after having been out all night in the Michigan cold. :)

Meijer can't be beat...if we go out at all, we usually check out Meijer and Kmart on TG to stretch our legs and walk off that big meal. If the deal is good enough, then someone will head out early morning and make it back in time to catch up on that sleep while the Turkey is cooking.

Metro-Detroit, but probably mostly in the Madison Heights area. Usually set up camp at Best Buy then head over across the street to Target just in time for them to open!

I definitely just did this as well-- finace will be so happy come Christmas! :)