starbeck96

I can't wait for Black Friday. Me and friend were talking about that the other day. I have been thinking about Black Friday for around two months but seriously planning for the past couple of weeks. I already have a few things that I have picked up on clearance. I bought my niece a pair of Levi jeans at Kohls for 5.00 and my mother in law some lotion and body spray for 75 cents each from Victoria Secret. My daughters bday is in October and I've been getting things for her, but I only need one more thing and I'll be finished and then can really start saving for Black Friday. My boys are wanting XBox 360 and a hunting and fishing game for their Wii. They are also wanting a new TV and I'm hoping they have a great deal on one Black Friday. We are also going around the end of September to get the boys some hunting clothes and supplies. They will get it in time for hunting season as an early Christmas because they have outgrows all of their clothes. Then we are getting them a new tackle box and fill it full of fishing supplies. As for my daughter most of her stuff will be bought Black Friday. I got her one of the Rose petal cottages for around 25.00 last year BF and a sink and washer for it for around 9.00. So I am hoping to find some more good deals like that. I had actually mentioned to my husband the other day that I need to buy gift cards to save for BF. I thought I was crazy for thinking that. The only thing I worry about is having too much on one and not using it BF and then seeing something somewhere else. I will have to make sure I take some cash to cover me in case that happens. How much do you usually put on each gift card. We live in a small town and all we have is a Walmart, Fred's, Family Dollar and Dollar General. We usually hit Walmart first and then drive an 1 1/2 hours away to do the rest of our shopping. So by the time we get to the other stores, they are usually sold out of the really great deals.

First of all our budget is very tight. So nearly everything we buy is on sale, usually bought Black Friday. For example, I have one niece and one nephew. I usually try to spend around $15.00 on each one of them, but this is a Black Friday price or clearance price. So alot of times if you looked at the regular price it may be as much as $50.00. Aunts and uncles we usually spend anywhere from $5-$10. Grandparents is usually the same amount. My husband is self employed and student so he doesn't have any co-workers to buy for and I am a stay at home mom and student. We have three kids. I have twin boys that are 12 and an almost 4 year old daughter. So, of course the boys have more spent on them than she does because alot of the gifts she gets are things I am able to buy Black Friday. We usually have a budget of around $1500.00 for everyone.

I had never heard of it either. So I looked it up and had to show my dh. My 4 year old said for me too..lol.

I have bought a few things. My dd 3 will be 4 in October so right now I have been conentrating on her bday. I only have 1 thing left to buy her and then I will start concentrating more on christmas. My twin boys are the hard ones. They are really into hunting and fishing so we have decided that next month we are going to buy hunting clothes. They had some but have outgrown everything. We are going to give it to them in November but tell them that it is part of their Christmas. For christmas their big thing is going to be a very nice tackle box loaded with lures, hooks, weights, and anything else. They also want a new TV for their rooms so I will probably wait until BF to get that. As for my daughter I am going to try to snag alot of stuff on clearance, but most of her stuff will come from BF. Last year I bought her the rosepetal cottage from Toys R Us for 25.00 i think and then i bought her the sink and washer for 9.00 each. So I saved like 75% of the regular cost. I am hoping to find some more good deals like that this year.

Ok, I am a little late posting this but just because I have not had any time.. I hit the jackpot for my DD3. I went to Walmart first and got: portable DVD player for 49 Robots movie for $2.00 which I gave to her early and have watched a million times already. monsters vs aliens had Horton hears a who but someone stole it out of my buggy got elefun for daughter and niece but once again someone stole 1 out of my buggy. got hungry hungry hippos got 2 footballs for boys friends Went to Target next and got another portable DVD player for my mom, 4 of the $5.00 games (they were actually like 4.82), bop it for my friends son. Finally got to Toysrus around 9 local time. I really hit the jackpot there. While it was still pretty crowded, it was not as bad as I imagine it was at midnight. Anyway, I got: the playskool rose petal cottage for 15.00 and got some of the accessories for $9.00 each got cash register, microwave, shopping cart ( that I have been wanting for the past year and a half), and some other stuff. I was able to get all of my daughters Christmas finished, plus my friends boys and daughters, and my nieces finished for about 350.00. So I am really pleased because I honestly thought that the things I wanted at Toysrus would be gone by the time I got there. Oh yeah got my husband an MP3 player for $11 something. Now he doesn't have to steal my boys.... lol So all in all it was a great day, even though some stupid person/people decided that their child deserved the stuff in my buggy more than my child. After I had been there since 12:30 in the morning I thought I deserved what was in my buggy.

There are not alot of things on my list because I know that alot of the stuff that I want will be gone by the time I get there. But here is a list of some of the things that I would like to get. Everything on my list is for my 3 year old daughter except for 1 thing..lol 1) Disney's UP DVD for my 2) Playdough sets for my 3) Chefmate coffee maker 4) Monsters vs Aliens and Scooby Doo DVD 5) Don't Break the Ice, Candy Land, Memory

yep that happened to me too. I was going to order my boys some jeans. oh well:(

Ok here it goes.. I would buy everything @ Walmart: $198 laptop for my boys for Christmas $ 248.00 32" TV for boys room $ 49.00 Portable DVD Player for DD3 $ 3.00 Coffee Maker for me bc mine just broke :) Total $ 498.00

Ok thank you so much. My boys are about 5'2 or so. Do you know if they will actually be able to ride it in the grass?

My boys are wanting a new bicycle this year for Christmas. They are 11 almost 12. I am just wondering if this bike will be too big for them. They are too big for the 20" and the 24" is not on sale. I would like some opinions. Also, do you think that this bike will ride on grass? That is the problem they are having with their other bikes. Thanks

I am very disappointed that they don't have the netbooks also. But I may end up getting one online from somewhere else if possible. I am not too sure about the 200 laptop. I see alot of other little things though for my little girl and a couple of appliances and storgage sets for me. The clothes are pretty good price too.

I am wanting to get a laptop for my kids age 11. They just need one to surf the internet and to look up info for homework. They don't need anything fancy. Will the emachines for 198 be ok for this?

Ok, thank you. We don't have a local women's shelter that I know of, but I will ask the school police officer since I know him pretty good. Thanks for the suggestion.

Hey I was just wondering if the shipping rates for Toys R Us on BF are discounted because their shipping rates are usually rather high.

OK thank you.

I will shop in our small town first because the Walmart is just easier to get what I want. Then we will head about 1 hour away and shop in Newnan, Ga and then on to Fayetteville, GA, near Atlanta, ga. I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL BLACK FRIDAY!!! MY ONLY COMPLETELY CHILDLESS SHOPPING DAY!!!!

This is the first year that I've had a debit card during BF. So what I think I am going to do is take some cash for smaller purchases. I am going to get a Walmart giftcard for what I expect to spend plus around 20 or so extra on it. And I am going to put some stuff on my debit card. I do not really like taking that much cash around on that day. Before the debit card, my biggest fear was losing the money..

I have never ordered anything online on bf. Are their shipping prices on bf sales usually discounted as well...just wondering. thanks

yeah, we live about 2 hours away and we always hit our local walmart first bc it is not as bad as the bigger walmarts...so i am hoping that most of the things i want for my dd 3 will be available online

Nothing I have seen so far has made my jaw drop in amazement. I would like to get the coffee maker from target for $3.00 bc father n law is an avid coffee drinker. It would make a great gift for him, but I'm not gonna fight for it. Besides our local Wal-Mart will probably be around that price. We don't have a Target here, so if it is $1 or $2 more at Wal-Mart, I will just buy it there because by the time we get to a Target they will be gone.

I am waiting on the Walmart ad. In our town, we don't have a kmart, or target, or kohls. So unless something is such a great price at one of those stores, we always go to our local walmart first and then head about an hour and a half away and hit all the other stores. We always go to our local walmart because it is not that bad.

Quote: Originally Posted by Hummin Bird I use to think the same way, however a few years back there was a young woman in line infront of me with a 1 year old a few people made snarky comments about it and she could hear them ( i was nto one of them) eventually she and I got to talking and I found out she and her brother were the only living members of thier family and her Husband didnt have any family either (he was raised in foster care) And not even 6 months before her Husband had been killed (army) and then her brother had been injured and lost his leg (Marines) so she really had no one and didnt know anyone really. I felt really bad for her, I asked her what she was looking for and it was mainly just the deals ont he clothes for her little girl that she really needed. I asked her for her name and number and she gave it to me, needless to say I added a nother 2 people to my list that year and we are great friends now and her daughter stays with my kids at my home on black friday. Quote: Originally Posted by Hummin Bird Just typing it out made me cry a little. Her daughter (who is now my goddaughter lol) had a wonderful christmas that year (i got alot of people to help make it that way ), and they (mom, daughter, and mom's brother) are now apart of our family. Its the times like these and the friendships Ive formed that help me remember that its not allllllllllll about shopping during the Christmas season That is a really great story...I love children and I don't see the harm in taking your child, provided that you can keep them safe. Our Walmart is not really as bad as some of the others I've heard about. We live in a small town, and half of the people there are our friends, or our kids go to school together, or we go to church w/them. So, I have taken my kids with me. :) I think it is very sweet that some of the parents take their kids and use this day as a bonding day. I can't wait until my dd is old enough to take and really enjoy our day together. She is only 3 now, so that is still a time away. My boys are 11 and I have given them the choice if they want to go w/me this year and they both said NOOOOO!!! lol. Some people just do not have a choice but to take their kids. I am blessed that I have a wonderful hubby who keeps mine, but not all people are that lucky, especially single parents. But I do agree that if you don't want to be around kids, do your shopping online. Just remember that everyone was a kid at some point in their lives.

I usually sleep maybe 2 hours, but this year my friend and her kids (they are around the same ages as my kids) are coming to stay Thanksgiving night w/us so my husband can babysit. So, I very seriously doubt that there will be any sleep this year. I am going Thanksgiving day to get all of the papers (we don't have anything but a Walmart here) so we can pricematch when we go out of town. Then we are going to stay up planning our route. I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL BF

I wonder if our Walmart will do the same? We are in a very small town, and ours usually opens at 6 am. I sure hope they do, that means that we won't have to stand outside in the cold or rain...lol

I usually do my shopping at Kmart on Thanksgiving Day because the deals are usually better then and so far it has not been extremely crowded. You are better off to price match at Walmart than to go to Kmart BF. Usually Walmart has some of the same stuff at a better price anyway..:) The closest Kmart to us is about an hour away and it is not in our line of stores that we usually shop, so it is easier if we price match.