honey_bee_1979

Thank you!!! It looks like we might be in FL for Thanksgiving & BF...

AWESOME!! Thanks for this info, Raleigh is about an hour for us :) If we stay in NC I think we might go there :)

Thank you for the info, will definately take it into consideration. Yes we are here for work & work is good. We also have a church here but we don't know if this area is where we will buy a house or not yet. Thanks again :)

Well a few months ago we moved from upstate NY, we are now in Wilson NC. We don't know if we will be spending Thanksgiving here or in Deland FL with my mom. So for both options were is the best place to shop??? On BF of course. Specifically a mall or stip mall exc... Spanks

See I totally agree, in our small town there wasn't another walmart for 30 miles so everyone (really alot of the poor in town) was at the local walmart & it makes it very dangerous!

I took my kids with me every year except for the last 2 when I accually had a sitter. When you have 6 kids its hard to find a sitter. Firstly finding a trustworthy sitter off of craigslist is not going to happen, I would never get one from there. Secondly if you do take your kids i would NEVER got to Walmart. Just as an adult going to walmart on BF gives me the creeps. I went one year & it was so crowded, not worth the few items I got, I had to stand in like for HOURS. We have always gone to our local mall which had big stores in it like, toys r us, Kmart Sears exc... they are just so much safer then walmart, target, best buy exc... Also just keep your kiddos comfortable. Mine were always in awe to be up so early in the morning, lol. They were excited too. Its really not that bad or bad for your kids as long as you are safe. Walmart for sure will never be safe. If you just had your little one, or a few that you could stick in your cart that wouldn't be too bad, but keeping an eye on everyone would be very hard. My hubby always has gone with me & it helped having 2 people to watch the kids. The last 2 years it was like a date for us, lol. No kids, but I was 38 weeks pregnant last year on BF :) Good luck

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Well they are predicting snow for BF here but I don't stand outside anymore. We start at the mall so we are inside. The first couple years we started BF shopping they had a designated door where they handed out GCs to that store. They no longer hand out gift cards soooo we go inside the mall and stay nice & warm :)

no cart, no pocketbook or purse. I wear jeans with deep pockets and carry my coupons/giftcards or credit card that way. I have a fear of putting my pocketbook down or just lossing it. Carts are too much. You can neverr get through where you need to. I find it much easier to manuver through crowds with nothing attached. We also drop off our purchases in our truck before we move on.

I'm not paniced but I get butterflies in my stomach, I know childish right :) We are not going out on Thanksgiving, I'm accually very unhappy that they did so many sales on that day. But my BF shopping is mostly to spend the day with DH and not have the kids around. Its my one day of vaca from everyone for the year So I'm sticking to my every year routine. I got an idea from all the ads here but I don't do any planning until Thanksgiving morning when DH gets the papers. I'm overall excited about this whole upcoming week though, its a big whole week for us :)

I will not be shopping Best buy or Toys R Us. We went to TRU last year and it was terrible. I don't think I'll ever shop there on BF again... I will not go to walmart until later maybe about 10am. I'm not hurting for there door busters and I'll go see what is left. Our Walmart around here usually has lots left even of the door busters... I went there last year and it took 2 hours to check out. I HATE that. besides I can't stand for that long this year, I'll be 38 weeks pregnant!

congrats winners!

I'm not overly impressed... See alot of DS lites in bundles but they were hot last year, I feel like I'm seeing alot of repeats... I will be out though and I do have a list ready to go. I get alot of clothes on BF I do have 5 kids and one on the way. I was hoping to see amazing deals on the pillow pets seeing as they all want one. I guess I don't have a huge items to get. I'm pretty sure most teh stuff I want won't be sold out so happy day for me I don't like the Thanksgiving sales at all, I think of the poor people out working registers on Thanksgiving night, I don't think they will be too happy.

Whoop Whoop Bengals Rock :) Well atleast my hubby likes them. We are in Schenectady NY most of the day but go to Albany/Colonie and other areas around there that day !

Most of what I am posting I will be buying on BF :)\ From Sears: 2-pk. Blanket Sleeper for Infants and Toddlers x 3 @ 7.99$ each = 23.97 Canyon River Blues Denim for Girls' 4-16 x x6 @ 4.99$ each = 29.94 Select Styles of Jeans for the Family x 3 @ 9.99 each = 29.97 Assorted DVD Movie Titles (Thumbelina, Barney, More) x4 @ 5$ each = 20 Assorted DVD Movie Titles (Mermaidia, Elmo, More) x3 @ 7.50$ each = 22.50 Craftsman Multi-Tool for my dad 79.99 From Ace: DeWalt Dual-Speed 18 Volt Cordless Drill 89.99 for my hubby From Macy's: Diamond Earrings in White Gold for daughter 59.99 From Lowes: Kobalt 12-Piece Junior Tool Kit or 20-Piece Kids Carpenter Kit x3 @ 14.98 each = 44.94 From Walgreen: Assorted Nintendo DS Video Games x5 @ 9.99 each = 49.95 Assorted Nintendo Wii Video Games X4 @ 9.99$ each = 39.96 Centrium Silver (30-Count) x 2 gag gift for dad & brother @ 4.24 each = 8.48$ GRAND TOTAL = 499.68$$$ WOW!