brinak2005

I am working on my spreadsheet and I have way too many blank spaces. I need a BIG, MAJOR ad to come out TODAY. I wanna see Target, Kmart, Gamestop, Lowes, Home Depot and Walmart. These next 2 weeks are going to last an eternity!!! Give me a Christmas gift today Brad....I'll take Target's ad please!!

Got my shirt today too!!!! Can't wait to be in line showing my GD support...lol. Thank you Brad!!!!!!! You're awesome!!!!

LOL...I loved those commercials.

Your avatar has made me hungry!!!!

I have been reading everyone's thoughts on the midnight and earlier openings. I am not a fan of the early starts. I used to be able to get at least 4 or 5 hours of sleep before heading out and shopping all day. Now, we are gonna be rushing out after having Thanksgiving dinner with no time to rest after cooking and cleaning up. With each year having earlier opening times than the year before, do you think it will continue to change each year or will they stop at some point? I think the 10pm opening is absolutely absurd and can't imagine the stores starting earlier than that. An 8 or 9 pm start and I would have to say forget it. What do you think the future holds for Black Friday shopping?

BF pics are sooo fun. I would love to see pics of u guys laid out in the aisle reading magazines, high on cleaning fumes...lol. I decided I am taking my digital camera this year, instead of just using my phone. There are way too many photo ops on BF to take the chance of missing out..lol

Yay!!!! Can't wait to get my new shirt. My husband took it upon himself to use the one I got last year as a "work" shirt. I came home one day to find him mowing the lawn in my BF shirt....which he had CUT the sleeves off of!!!!!!!!!!!! I think that day was the first time in 13 years that I felt like I could kick him to the curb...lol. He didn't realize the importance of that shirt until I didn't speak to him for a few days. Needless to say, I don't think he'll even look at my new shirt for fear that I might smack him in the head with a frying pan...

I'll start out in Greensboro, NC hitting Walmart, Target and the likes. After that I'll head to Mebane, NC for some shopping at Tanger Outlets.

Another good app to download is a battery power saving app. I have Juice Defender on my phone and it has doubled my battery life. Will definitely come in handy while spending all those hours waiting in line and not having a charger

Thank you both for the advice!! I think I will go with the Wii, considering the price difference between the 2. If she really likes playing the Wii (I know I will, I'm old school when it comes to video games), I'll upgrade her in a few years to whatever the newest craze is then.

These are 2 of the most exciting ads for me!! I get up early on Thanksgiving morning, grab a newspaper and a venti white chocolate mocha from Starbucks, head to CVS and Walgreens, then home to cook. Question for the CVS/Walgreens shoppers......Are these deals available the night before Thanksgiving? I remember last year when I went to Walgreens (not a 24 hour store), I was one of 3 shoppers there when the doors opened and 2 of the freebie items were already out of stock before we walked in. Any suggestions?

I am trying to decide between a Wii and Xbox Kinect for my daughter. We have a PS3 and tried the Move with it but didn't really like it. I know she has played the Wii and Kinect at her friends house, but not really enough to pick one over the other. I am hoping someone else has experience with both of these gaming systems and can tell me which one they would recommend for a 5 year old and overall family fun time. Also, which games have been the most fun for your children/family? Thanks

Tanger Outlets will be opening at 10 PM. They posted the info on their Facebook page today!!

I just heard an advertisement on the radio that Walmart is having a Super Saturday Sale this weekend. Not sure what is included in this sale, but was wondering if anyone else has heard about this and if it is going to be a weekly thing or not. Off to do some web searching now to see what info I can dig up.

Come on BigJim....give us the details. We won't tell anyone

This is definitely going to be my plan. I have to get some rest after shopping so I can start putting out the Christmas decorations. At least I know I'll sleep like a baby on Friday night

Now that we are hearing some of these insanely early opening times, what time will do you think you will be heading out to start your BF shopping? I absolutely despise these 10pm and midnight openings, but what can ya do? For us, it all depends on good ole Wally World. As of now, with the confirmed opening times, we'd probably leave our house around 9:30pm for the midnight openings. If there are any 10pm openings that we plan to hit, we'll probably leave around 7ish. I think the earlier opening times will have bigger crowds since people haven't gone to bed yet......what do you guys think?

You will probably see a lot of bundle deals, like an Xbox 360 w/ Kinect and a video game or two included in the bundle.

Thanks TrishJ and Brad!!!!! I've spent some time looking through and starting my list of possibilities

#1 These umbrellas will shield us from the flying electronics and DVDs once we get inside! #2 Dude stand back...you don't wanna know where that thumb is gonna end up once I open this door. #3 I am wearing my trusty camo hat, I'm invisible, so I'll just stand here and sob like a 2 year old

Yay!!! You're awesome Jim!!!!! I'll finally get to be part of my 1st webcast of the year.

The wait is over It's that time of year again Bring on the crazies

I thought the same thing when I saw the ad. It'd be great especially since I haven't been able to catch any webcasts so far this year Too many activities going on lately for the family, but thankfully it will be back to normal soon.

Congrats to all of the winners!!! I hope there are more shirts left....that black would definitely help me stay incognito during my BF missions

And the season of BF shopping deals has officially begun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!