Black Friday200

So far I haven't seen anything I want. I hope Mendards has a good ad or I might just sleep in this year.

My Mom needs a new Christmas tree and has been waiting all year for the Michaels ad.

I look forward to Black Friday every year. It really helps to have the ads ahead of time, so I can be really organized. I usually am done by midmorning with all my Christmas shopping. I hope to win the tablet, too.

For my son who lives in Florida, I want to get a Epica Emergency Solar Hand Crank AM/FM/NOAA Digital Radio, Flashlight, Cell Phone Charger with NOAA Certified Weather Alert & Cables I worry that he will get caught in a hurricane and won't be able to know what is going on and not be able to call us if his phone battery goes dead. http://www.amazon.com/Epica-Emergency-Digital-Flashlight-Certified/dp/B00CZDT30S/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1445710996&sr=8-2&keywords=emergency+radio+with+solar+and+crank+charger

30000mAh Dual USB Portable Solar Panel Battery Charger Power Bank For Cell Phonehttp://www.ebay.com/itm/30000mAh-Dual-USB-Portable-Solar-Panel-Battery-Charger-Power-Bank-For-Cell-Phone-/261551913502?pt=US_Cell_Phone_PDA_Chargers&var=&hash=item3ce5b57a1e This would be great for someone like my son who doesn't have a car (so no car phone charger). He lives in Miami where it is usually sunny. Although, if he doesn't quit texting Miami winter weather reports (we're in Wisconsin brrrrr!) he can forget it.

READ CONFIRMATION EMAILS CAREFULLY!!!!!!!!! Bonton/Boston Store promo codes showed up as accepted on the web site, but the confirmation email showed higher prices. I had to call the toll free number to get it fixed. They said it was not the website, but something on the back end causing the problem. They won't send out another confirmation email, so I'll have to check my credit card statement to see if they really fixed it. Opening on Thanksgiving definitely affected the family get together. The shoppers couldn't wait to get out there and that meant that their family members had to leave early, too. The printable shopping list from BlackFriday & GottaDeal really helped keep me organized. Without the list I would have forgotten to get an important gift for my DH. If I hadn't had the list, I would have forgotten some other items because I didn't notice them in the print ads. They were there, I just didn't see them.

!!!!!! IMPORTANT !!!! Bonton/Boston Store promo codes not applied correctly. Read your confirmation emails carefully!!! I TRIED ordering online, but the last page showed the correct prices on the top of the page, and when I scrolled down to the bottom of the SAME page to another summary, a higher price was listed. So I tried ordering by phone. They quoted me the correct prices so I placed the order. When I received the confirmation email, it showed the incorrect prices. I called again and they said they fixed it and that there was something wrong on the back end (not the web page) of the ordering process. I'm going to have to check my credit card statement to be sure that it is right this time, because they won't send out another confirmation email. ALWAYS Read your confirmation emails carefully!!!

On our first Black Friday, we got a laptop computer. My husband went to stand in line around 4 am and my son and I joined him at 5am. We brought hot chocolate for him and shared it with people near us. We had a lot of fun and we have a new family tradition.

I'd like to have a show about teaching people to use computers to be able to use Black Friday deals. I work with people who even have trouble using a mouse and are afraid of computers. People could call in to the show and ask questions. We would use non-technical examples and wording. It would be low key and less stressful by using an older host, like my 72 year old mom (who by the way is really catching on and is on her third computer and hooked it up to a 42 inch lcd tv/monitor.) Or it could be a mother-daughter team.