iluvwalmart Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 I don't get much sleep cause I am to psyched up for shopping. LOL I get sleep after I come home from shopping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prissyturner Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 I always plan to get sleep. Get up at around 3-4 to get preparing for cooking (this year work) coffee, newspaper, cooking and looking all over the ads again to make sure I didn't miss anything here. LOL. Dinner, clean up, make sure hubby has everything needed for the night/and next day for him and kids. Then too scared to go to sleep I might not hear the alarm.So I stay up. I know a few years ago this did catch up with me in BB when the lines went up and down every asile or make shift one anyway. I think I cat napped in there a time or two . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yakyma Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 I get up Thursday morning usually about 2:00 a.m. out the door by 2:20 and in the line at our K-Mart by 2:30 a.m. (this year not sure if I will go find another one, since ours just closed last month) then home shortly after they open, grab and go...work on Thanksgiving dinner, host late afternoon Turkey dinner, clean up the kitchen, then those that are going in our group gather about 7:00 ish and we make final attack plan, who is going where and arm ourselves with list....while having desert...everyone is out the door by 10:00 p.m. Grab a shower and make sure I have everything I am taking with me, phone charged and usually head out the door around midnight....I have tried to go to bed for a few hours of sleep and I have never lasted more than 15 minutes...so why bother. I will make it home around 4-6 p.m. depending on how far I have gone...unload the car and crash finally around 8:00 p.m. Who needs sleep when you are running on adreneline and caffiene....LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heatherbade Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Sleep the night before??? lol Nope can't do it. To many things to do. I sleep on Friday night after bowling. 40 French vanilla cappucino's here i come. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toninjack Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 No, because I am too scared I'll oversleep. I have had horrible nightmares about that, so I won't take the chance. I just stay online looking for deals until it is time to leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stacy0479 Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 I sleep! We normally go to my dad's for Thanksgiving which is a 2 1/2 hour drive 1 way. We get on the road to come home around 7 or 8, but make a pit stop to drop DS off at his grandmas, which is 1 hour away from my house. So we get home around 10 or 11. Last year I was at Target at 5:30. I was planning on going to Kohls when they opened at 4 but didn't want to get up that early. I am skipping ON this year. No way will I be there at 3 or earlier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
family checkout Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 yes. but i always set my alarms just in case i overslept Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jovifan4life Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Well with Toys r us opening at Midnight this year...I am not so sure about sleep. Last year we had no sleep and the year before we had about 2 hours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angied64084 Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 I try to get a couple hours....people would not want to be around me if I didn't get a little sleep... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lusha120 Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 sleep are you out of your mind!??! 36-40+ hours awake(in the snow last year it was 22*). 7 am thanksgiving, untill whenever i get home friday unpack then fall over. not kidding. I had to call hubby to come get me last year! I had too much caffine and no sleep or food, was shaking and near blacking out, but the truck was FULL and the shopping all done. I think power shopping should be an olympic sport! Dont remember the ride home, or what the last store was.... but people were letting me go in front of them. I think people let me go infront of them because I looked so terrible! (maybe id she dies in like I can get item x out of her cart lol) This year I promise to eat something, even if it is turkey (yech). No deal is worth no mom on christmas, so for those of you who shop like me, stop off at a muffin store for their sale! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogadoga Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 I don't sleep that night. Instead I come home from shopping and sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mausibaer Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 Sleep....maybe not so much. But, I at least get a few snoozes in here and there. One of the reasons that I get to BB on Wednesday night is so I can get settled in and relax for the next 30-ish hours. I usually am by myself with the exception of an occasional visit from the wife cover my spot for a potty break. By Thursday morning, we've all told and re-told our previous years' war stories to our new neighbors and all shrink back to our caves (tents). I spend most of the day just relaxing...at least until the crowd starts to show up after dinnertime. After that, having every newly arrived person ask you what time you got in line pretty much prevents anything further. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyjar Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 I didn't when CompUSA used to do their midnight thing, but since they've gone under, now I do. 5 Hours is all I need. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
setlok73 Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 After that, having every newly arrived person ask you what time you got in line pretty much prevents anything further.No doubt! I like when people drive up and ask "What's everyone waiting in line for?" We don't get sleep because everything you mentioned and there is always 1 jackhole that thinks we want to listen to him blare his music at 2am! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToastyOasty Posted November 6, 2009 Share Posted November 6, 2009 I usually get round 3 hours, maybe 4. This year will be my first all-nighter. Can't wait!! Too bad Starbucks isn't 24 hours! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbroad55 Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 Depends on how good the Black Friday is going to be .. Were usually up and at Jcpennys at 4 am to get the free snow globe then buy A New Bobby Jack Outfit then off to Sears and Walmart. Good God I would never walk into Toys R Us. 2 years ago we were at Jcpenny's and Toys r us is right across the street the line and all the people looked like an angry mob out of one of those pictures where the mob has pitch forks and torches... LOLZ :eyepoppin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fluffkin79 Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 sleep are you out of your mind!??! 36-40+ hours awake(in the snow last year it was 22*). 7 am thanksgiving, untill whenever i get home friday unpack then fall over. not kidding. I had to call hubby to come get me last year! I had too much caffine and no sleep or food, was shaking and near blacking out, but the truck was FULL and the shopping all done. I think power shopping should be an olympic sport! Dont remember the ride home, or what the last store was.... but people were letting me go in front of them. I think people let me go infront of them because I looked so terrible! (maybe id she dies in like I can get item x out of her cart lol) This year I promise to eat something, even if it is turkey (yech). No deal is worth no mom on christmas, so for those of you who shop like me, stop off at a muffin store for their sale! Scary! I'm glad you thought to call for a ride. Good reminder to everybody: make sure you take care of yourself. For your sake and for everyone else who is out shopping next to you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbarry1974 Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 I do finally get to sleep after i've mapped out my plan of attack and put my ads in a 3 ring binder. So I usually get about 3 hours sleep. Then come home go out to breakfast and collapse. But it's been sooooo worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scanner420 Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 I used to get in bed between 10pm and 1am (only at the latest if I was working the holiday) I'd be up at 3 and out the door by 3:30, stopping for coffee and flying out the door til 1-3pm. This year, I'm working the Holiday and probably stopping at TRU on my way home and staying out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnc_mom Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 No, because I am too scared I'll oversleep. I have had horrible nightmares about that, so I won't take the chance. I just stay online looking for deals until it is time to leave.I am the same way! Those nightmares are very very bad lol with TRU opening at midnight i will get no sleep whatsoever this yr not even a after turkey nap! We have to travel about 2 hrs to get to a city with decent stores in a close vicenity soo..i will be leaving here around 9pm to get in line then off to oldnavy.tru again at 4 then kmart then kohls i think i dunno ill have to see the rest of the ads! But me and my mom are back at home always around 8-9am then i get about 2hrs of sleep untill my son wakes up. whew! I kinda dread the no sleep thing but i think its b/c its 330 am here and im pooped! lol Night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suunflowrr Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 I never sleep Thanksgiving night. I'm way too excited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogue1230 Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 I hit the bed at 6pm latest 7 on turkey day....with the help of an OTC sleep aid. I set the alarm to BOMB SHELTER SIREN setting and make sure the hubby also checks no later than 1130. That seems to work well. BTW the one year I did not sleep, my body actually did it for me WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY! Just for a second or two, but that was enough...... Please guys, don't take the risk, if you are tired, cat nap for 15 minutes or so in between stores if you have to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest purpleangel Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 I usually nap for about 2 hours after Thanksgiving dinner while my extended family frantically search the BF ads and make out their game plans. Thanks to gottadeal.com, I am able to relax knowing I already have my money and game plan ready! I head to the outlets about 10pm for the MIDNIGHT MADNESS!! My family refuses to come on board with gottadeal.com (they think I'm crazy for planning 2 months in advance) so I leave them behind and let them EAT MY DUST!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iliveforblckfri Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 Thanks for starting the thread. I thought I was the only one that couldn't sleep on Thanksgiving night. I usually catch some cat naps waking up happily at 3:30. Last year I knocked on my SiL's door to make sure she was up and getting ready. When she opened the door, she was dressed and ready, but she looked at my smile and said, "Don't even start." I am notorious for being a morning person. Have a great two and a half weeks of preparation all. Darla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wx4svr Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 Absolutely... 100% ... positively ... NO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dessenma Posted November 7, 2009 Share Posted November 7, 2009 Good God I would never walk into Toys R Us. 2 years ago we were at Jcpenny's and Toys r us is right across the street the line and all the people looked like an angry mob out of one of those pictures where the mob has pitch forks and torches... LOLZ :eyepoppin I did that ONCE, never again. Luckily kids are all grown now so I don't have to worry about the toy store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
honey_bee_1979 Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Yup we sleep but um we usually go to bed later then we should, we are afterall basically childless that night. The children are at a friends house for a sleepover and they watch them on BF so we can shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mfn Man Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 I have never slept before a sale because I usually need to be in line at WM for whatever the biggest Tv doorbuster is at about 2am so i'll have a chance and get that Tv. I have never had a problem with it cause I used to work until 3 Oclock in the morning so I normally wouldn't even sleep until bout 5:30 on a normal night. I am never bothered by the staying up, but when I do get done shopping and eating I usually go home and sleep after I hooked up and started to use my nice Tv's but this yr i'll be sleeping earlier as all of my home theatre needs we satisfied as of last Black Friday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohitsunshine Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 I usually attempt to get some sleep, but we are also usually visiting with family we have not seen in a year or so. This year TRU opening at midnight pretty much determines I will not be sleeping at all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momof3luvs1 Posted November 17, 2009 Share Posted November 17, 2009 I try to take a nap but its very hard! I have to be up at 10pm and out the door by 10:30 for mid night madness, then hit kmart, ( while the hubby hits target) , then the dreaded mall for the few stores I love that arent at the outlets ( ie macys, ny&co, etc..) Last year I only got about 1 hour and I was EXHAUSTED! We got home at about 3pm and CRASHED! Hopefully this year if I can fall asleep at 7pm and sleep till 10pm Ill be set..Heres to hoping =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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