During the previous years, our Black Friday experiences were a fluke.Like last year, we trekked all the way to Long Island straight after a Thanksgiving dinner party to go shopping at the outlet store. Stupid idea. It was raining, freezing, and there were lines everywhere — lines to get in the stores. Aside from it being crazy, the sales were mediocre. Prices were hiked up and then marked as 50/75% off. We were disappointed. We got home at 4am with just a bag of not-really-cheap clothes.
This year, we decided to forego any formal plans for Black Friday. We all decided, if someone woke up at 5am then we’d go to the mini-mall 4 blocks away from us. By 5:45am we were out the door! The mall looked like a garbage dump, with ads and food wrappers everywhere. It seemed like a lot of people were camping out last night. We got in at Sears with no lines. Payment was pretty quick. The line to get in to Circuit City took us an hour. But we still got lucky! To be able to score an LCD TV, you had to fall in line. My sister who was just walking around, found a TV discarded by someone from his shopping cart.
I love this shopping weekend! It’s the perfect right time to use the coupons I’ve been clipping for the past few weeks. Yes, it’s a new hobby — bargain hunting and couponing! So mommy, I know. Used all together with free after money back stuff at pharmacies, I actually made money. I spent approximately 10 dollars and got 45 dollars money back.
Black Friday 2007 scores!:
- 17″ LCD TV – $199
- Linksys wireless router – $20
- Loads of DVDs 300, Spiderman3, Ocean’s Thirteen, etc. (I don’t remember) – $4-8
- 2GB SD memory card – $7
- Nintendo DS games – $5
- DVD player – $10
- Deep fryer (the one like in french fry stores HAHA!) – $30
- Goose down comforters with down pillows – $30
- Dunkin Donut Lattes – Buy 1, Get 1 free (Hahahahaha!)
- Colgate toothpaste – FREE!
- J&J lotions – FREE!
- Softsoap body washes – FREE!
- Garnier hair color stuff – FREE!
- OTC pain and cough meds – FREE!
There are still sales going on today, but I don’t know if the stores are fully wiped out of stocks. Awesome weekend! Until next year.
This is how crazy it gets at Black Friday in an electronics store. Hee!
