How to Be Prepared for Black Friday 2013

Shopping for the best 2013 Black Friday Deals? This year, things may be a little different. Be prepared with the following tips, and you’ll get the best prices without being overwhelmed. It is solid advice to get you through the most important shopping day of the year. By making the following preparations now, you’ll be sure not to lose out on those bargains and at the same time, have everything be a positive and fun experience. Prepare for the Changes Swallow that turkey and be out the door by early evening if you want to start your Black Friday shopping. … Continue reading

Black Friday Is so Tempting!

Every year, I have this little inner struggle with myself. Do I go shopping on Black Friday or not? I haven’t quite mastered the strategy of going in to buy one movie and not coming out with a HDTV. Black Friday is a real temptation. Take for example last evening. My sister-in-law mentioned a certain new Disney movie that my daughter has been asking and asking for. Normally, this movie sells for $30, but with Black Friday prices, I may be able to have it for $3.99. So, this morning, after I left everyone else asleep in their turkey comas … Continue reading

Helpful Information for Black Friday – 2012

Are you looking forward to Black Friday shopping? Will you be leaving the Thanksgiving celebrations with your family early in order to catch the Thanksgiving Day “doorbusters”? Are you reading this blog while camping out in line in front of a store right now? This blog is for you! Here’s a quick round up of when the stores will open their doors and the some of the deals they will offer. Every year, I do a series of blogs that list the days and times that the stores will open their doors to shoppers. They are a quick way to … Continue reading

Even More Black Friday Store Hours – 2012

The most important information about the Black Friday sales is when the stores will open. If you don’t know when the doors open you might end arriving at the store after it has sold out of the item you wanted to buy. All the other shoppers will have gotten there first! Here are some more store hours for Black Friday, 2012. This is the third blog I’ve put together about store hours for Black Friday 2012. The first blog has store hours for Staples, Walmart, Kmart, and Target. The second blog has store hours for JC Penney, Sears, Lowe’s, Home … Continue reading

More Store Hours for Black Friday – 2012

Where will you head to first on Black Friday? The best way to make the most out of the biggest sales of the year is to have a plan. It helps to know when the stores will open their doors. Here are some more store opening hours for Black Friday of 2012. Yesterday, I wrote a blog about the Black Friday store hours for Staples, Walmart, Kmart, and Target. If you missed it, you might want to click over and read that blog, too. I’ve found more store hours since then, so here they are. JC Penney will open its … Continue reading

Black Friday Moves to Labor Day

And next year it’s moving to April Fools’ Day. No joke. Well, maybe. But, very few parents are laughing. News that several major retailers are planning to move the start of the Christmas shopping season to Thanksgiving evening rather than wait until Friday morning is no laughing matter for millions of parents who are employed by the likes of Sears, Wal-Mart, Target, and Kmart. Those working moms and dads were the same ones who initiated a public outcry last year when their employers opened at midnight on Thanksgiving. You know, the holiday that is traditionally set aside for families to … Continue reading

Store Hours for Black Friday – 2012

It’s time to make your plan of attack for Black Friday. Several stores have released information about when they will open their doors and what some of their big deals will be. Here’s what I’ve been able to discover so far. Use this information to help plan out where you will go to first on Black Friday. Staples is opening it’s doors at 5:00 in the morning on Friday, November 23, 2012. Their Early Bird Specials will last until noon (or while supplies last). Walmart will start it’s Black Friday sales on Thanksgiving Day, and will open its doors at … Continue reading

What Will Black Friday 2012 Be Like?

What kind of deals will you get this year for Black Friday 2012? How early will the stores open and will the bargains be worth fighting the crowds and the lack of sleep? Even though it is only September, some of the experts are already making their predictions. Gottadeal.com is reporting that things will mostly be the way that they were last year for Black Friday. The stores will be open early, some of them on Thanksgiving, as I already reported. There will be a handful of hot deals, but quantities will be extremely limited, making it unlikely for the … Continue reading

2012 Black Friday Opening Times Released!

Although the kids haven’t gone back to school in my part of the country, yet, we can already look forward to Christmas shopping. That is because many stores have already released the 2012 Black Friday shopping times, that is the hours that the stores will be open on Black Friday. Black Friday is known as the busiest shopping day of the year. While we have traditionally seen stores opening with Black Friday deals at 6am, and some at midnight, it looks like a few will even be open on Thanksgiving itself. So if you really want to snag the best … Continue reading

How Was Your Black Friday?

Yesterday, my husband and I went out shopping for Black Friday. We did not leave the house until almost noon, but we were okay with that. My husband actually went out twice; the first outing was a spur of the moment trip with his brother on Thursday night around ten. His brother had never done the Black Friday thing before, and they had found a couple of items that they were interested in while they were checking out the ads after Thanksgiving dinner. I was still awake, doing my writing work when my husband returned home with just a couple … Continue reading