jessicarenfro

Anyone have any specific rituals or survival tips to get you through the day? My sister and I go every year. We always pack a small cooler with drinks, snack foods, energy bars etc. - cause lets face it, you true BF shoppers know that there is no time to stop for food! Lol!!! We also have T-Shirts made every year. They are black T-Shirts and the front always says "Black Friday 20_ _" (what ever the year is) and the back says "Annual Therapy Day" Cause lets face it, it is some what of a therapy session that day hahaha!! So what do you guys do to survive that day and do you have any silly traditions?

i am with you, black friday is a holiday in itself. every year my sister goes with me and my boyfriend went last year and said that he cant wait to go again this year. i am must say though, i am totally stealing your idea of buying gift cards. i never thought of that before. we always take a certain amount of cash and say that is all we are spending and then end up breaking out the credit card by the end of the day - so thanks for the tip!! the first ad needs to leak soon - i am dying over here!!! i need my black friday/ad fix!!! ha!

My sister and I spend Thanksgiving night with a plate full of food, printouts from this website and our actual sales ads. Its a tradition. We make all of our list (what stores we are going to and what we are getting from each store) then the list are placed in order of stores to go to (we make a big circle that way we dont backtrack) and what we are getting in each store (again so we dont backtrack) They all go in a manilla folder and in the car. Then we get the rest of the car cleaned out, go to bed and get up super early. We carry energy bars and bottled water and energy drinks in the car with us....dont want to wear yourself out too early!!! oh and i am with you yakyma....nothing compares to the thrill of the hunt. i dont know about yall, but my adrenaline is off the charts that day!!

Could not find a thread on here reagarding strategies for BF so I thought I would start one. Here is mine: The night before me and my sister sit down with our ads and make a list of what we want from each store. Then we convert that list into the order in which we will get them (this way we are not backtracking across the store) Then we make a list of the stores in the order in which we are going to go to them (again, so we are not backtracking) On Thanksgiving day, we get the car completely cleaned out (expect for the first aid kit and our list) and lay out our clothes and breakfast We get up at 4, get dressed, grab our breakfast (which is usually a power bar and a bottle of water) and hit the door and oh how the fun begins!!! Any suggestions on how someone else can get the most out of their BF shopping experience? ****I know, I am a little nutty, but then again, if this is your favorite sight too then you must be nutty as well ****