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My oldest son needs a computer. He'd love a alienware but unless I win it, that aint happening lol So I'm thinking of black Friday shopping. Has anyone bought one on BF? Anyone have any place they can recommend and who to avoid??? I don't want one of those "oh we had one" nor where I have to sleep for 3 days outside of a store.. some of us work for a living. lol Any suggestions of who, where and if BF is the best time?

World Market gave away scratch off cards a few years ago. They gave one to me that had 50% off

Thank you very much:p

Half.com does a lot better than stores on even new stuff.

Me too. It's a wonderful life Merry Christmas Charlie Brown Rudolph My kids love "A christmas story" but I hate it.

Two years ago, I went on Black Friday with my sons who were both about to turn 12. My son Aleksey is pretty quiet and reserved but he talked up a storm that day. He enjoyed seeing the lights and seeing the crowds. We don't go to BB or Walmart, we go to the mall or small stores. My boys both grin ear to ear at everything. We bought their Dad a couple of gifts and their sister a few gifts. I actually bought most of their gifts online already It was a blast for Mom and the boys just to go out by ourselves and go shopping. I had won a ton of gift cards and didn't spend anyting except for lunch for us. They are both about to turn 14 this year and look FORWARD to going to with me again. And I've got a stack of gift cards to use again.. been a GREAT year as a sweeper, AMAZING year for me. I know sooner or later, going out with Mom is going to be a 'ewwwwwwww' factor but for now, tehy still look forward to this.

And step on (insert screaming, swearing parent here) My DD has a candy grabbing toy that goes off for no reason. She will say "Mom! Casper turned it on again!" lol. I wish I could put Twilight crap on the "NO NO" list.. but DD won't do it...

screw the kids.. I still believe in him!

We put up SIX trees.. and decorate the inside and outside of the house. And no, we do not have a mansion. lol. We have 3 kids, who each have a 3-4 foot tree in their rooms, the live one goes in the living room, one on the porch and one in the dining romo. We start the day after Thanksgiving and the kids are still into it even tho they are teens. I love the look of the decorations! Makes me in the Christmas mood

I put mine in the suitcase in the closet (I've got older kids, it's all video, dvds, etc! lol). A friend of mine's mom had the best idea. She stored clothes under their bed in storage boxes. She changed them out every winter/spring. When he was at school in October or so, she'd take out the winter clothes... and leave the boxes empty and put the summer clothes in a bag and in the attic (or donate them). Danny never knew that she also put the presents in those boxes and his present were right under his bed. I thought it was smart! lol

Each year, I buy each child a ornament, the ones that are from China and painted from the inside. My daughter gets an angel, my one son gets snowmen and my other son gets santa. WE've done it since we adopted the boys and my daughter was born. I've had a few broken over the years but we still have most of them. Now the kids have a tree in each of their rooms and they decorate them with their own ornaments. We have SIX trees in our home. Not that I go overboard or anything for christmas...

And they all said.. AMEN! lol I've got three teens, all will get gift cards for stocking stuffers. The boys will both get a year of Xbox Live as a SS.... one will get a Tillys GC and the other will get Hot Topic and daughter will get a few. And they are not part of the limit that each child has.

Does Meijer's have BF on their website? I won a couple of gift cards and wonder if they honour them online

Evil.. you posted and I thought it meant we had ads NOW! lol Was all excited to see "Brad" in the thread.. all for not. lol

love it! My boys love going on BF with me. The problem is, now they WANT to go. We don't do Walmart, that's too scary. We go to World Market and other fun places like that. I've hit a bunch of huge contests this year, so a lot of stuff is already taken care of this will just be gravy