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  1. We bought a Paula Deen one on Evine, 3.5 qt 1400W, and it works great for 2 people.  Then we bought the 5.8 quart 1700W Cooks Companion one, and love that one even more to handle larger batches of food.  French fries, frozen onion rings, corn dogs, pretzels, pork chops, chicken legs, and all frozen appetizers are all really quick and good in the AF.  We plan on cooking a turkey breast in it for Thanksgiving, on the demo show they said it should only take about an hour to cook.  It's fast, good, healthier (really just a 'kiss' of oil on the food for full flavor for me), and easy to clean.  It's nice to not heat up the whole house and still have hot food in the summer.  Absolutely no regrets with these new small appliances.

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  2. I don't care what time they decide to open this year, I am NOT going out before 3 am. I did the all nighter last time and it wasn't as much fun because we were completely exhausted by the time the sun came up. I didn't have the energy or interest to look for the deals by the time 6am rolled around. Also, it seemed like a lot of time was wasted waiting for stores to open. I told myself that this year I would wait and go out at my normal time - getting up around 3am picking my friend up and get to the first store around 4am.

    The exact same thing happened to us! Drinking coffee at McDonalds at 4:30 a.m. after 3 stores and on our way to 4 more and completely wiped out due to no sleep at all. Went home to bed about 7:30 and felt much worse than past years when we'd sleep from 11 p.m.-2 a.m. and stay out until 10 or 11 a.m.

     

    Plus, crowds seemed bigger and crabbier than years past. People just didn't go to bed after Thanksgiving.

     

    What we also observed was that we were able to get almost everything we wanted even hours after the stores had opened (plus the crowds had really cleared out). So despite temptation, we'll start about 3 a.m. too regardless of the opening time.

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