| By MJ Fredrick | November 27, 2009 |
I’m haunting Amazon and Best Buy this weekend looking for good deals. So far I’ve gotten Nora Roberts’s BLACK HILLS on audio for $8, Young Frankenstein for $2, Star Trek for $9 and some Nintendo DS games for my friend’s sons for $10 each.
I hate shopping, but am sorely tempted to hit the Best Buy in a few hours for the $200 HP laptop they have on sale. From an Apple girl, well, you have to know what kind of deal that is!
I’ve done Black Friday before, but years and years ago, at Target, when they gave out cute little bags to the first 100 shoppers. I don’t even know what compelled me to get out there, but it wasn’t so bad. My dh has gone twice, once for a $200 camcorder and another for a PS2. Both times he said he sprinted for the doorway. So if I go to Best Buy, I’m on my own, he said.
What about you? Do you shop the Black Friday deals? What would tempt you to leave your cozy bed and brave the cold and the crowds?
November 27th, 2009 at 3:29 am
No. I may be crazy, but I’m not mad—and all that averice would make me mad. I’ll be cooking—a tradition in our house courtesy of dh’s love of leftovers and our yearly pilgrimage to Mom’s.
For those hardy souls who brave the madness, stey safe. You are braver than I.
November 27th, 2009 at 3:30 am
It’s 3:30 a.m. and I, obviously, can’t spell. Sorry. STAY safe!
November 27th, 2009 at 7:43 am
Not me. I hate crowds. It get as much of my shopping done BEFORE Thanksgiving. But a $200 laptop sounds almost too good to pass up. Hmmm?
November 27th, 2009 at 8:44 am
I passed up. I saw the people last night on the news already lined up and just said no.
I did get a ton of good deals online this AM, though. Amazon is having a lot of good sales, and I didn’t even have to get dressed!
November 27th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
A $200 laptop might make me get up and brave the crowds…otherwise I avoid the first days of sale craziness! Online sounds much better.
November 27th, 2009 at 5:06 pm
I’m Canadian, so we don’t have Black Friday. We do have Boxing Day – the day after Xmas – which kicks off a week of shopping that sounds a lot like Black Friday. I only go if I’m desperate (like someone wants a new leather coat for Christmas, I make them wait until Boxing Day).
November 27th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
Man, those are some deals!
November 27th, 2009 at 8:58 pm
Gotta love that online shopping!!!
November 28th, 2009 at 9:50 am
I missed the Star Trek DVD for $9, though. Rats. And True Blood season 1 for $20.
I should have tried for the laptop, I know I should have. Blast.
Cindy, we have a lot of sales the day after Christmas, too. That’s when I usually buy my cards and wrapping paper and decorations for the next year.