Probably my favorite memory was the year we staked out a Lowe's for an item for my daughter. Ours is next door to a Kohl's. Kohls opened at 5 and Lowe's at 6 so we parked at like 2am and she went to sleep so I watched the crowd. Kohl's was crazy but our side of the parking lot was as quiet as a cemetery. It got later and later-crickets still on our side. Finally woke her up at 5 curious why no one was pulling in at Lowe's-not even employees. Dug through the ads-store didn't open till 9! Cracked us up and we walked to Kohl's and went shopping. One year Kohl's was really crazy with huge lines. We had several door buster item but the lines were impossible. Rather than give up we gathered our stuff and "hid" it in an aisle. Went to the other stores and came back right before the time cut off. Our stuff was safe so we got it and walked up and checked out! These were the days before the early online sales. Kinda miss it. Worst was the first really big online shopping year when Kohl's started their sale at midnight on Tues. We had multiple laptops and the system kept crashing. at 4 am our order finally went through.....So frustrating