The Shopaholic : Black Friday Edition

If ever there was a time for me to have a moratorium on shopping, THIS IS NOT THE TIME.
At least if I buy stuff this Friday, I can buy it under the guise that it is a gift for someone else. Or that it was really cheap and I've always wanted it. Ok, so I'll probably buy stuff for me as well as Christmas gifts, I can justify nearly anything.

I've done some marathon Black Friday Trips before with both my Mom and my Mother in Law. Both involve getting up and leaving the house by about 6am, getting to the stores with the freebie door gifts and super sales that go from 7am-9am or 8-am - 10am etc. I've gotten some really good things from these sales, I've also found almost nothing and was exhausted and done with pushing through people wearing their PJs in public and standing in long lines that snake around the store.

This year I hear some stores are open at Midnight on Friday. As in, 'I haven't finished digesting my turkey yet and now i'm going shopping while everyone is asleep'. That's no fun, that means I can't get there early to get the free mickey mouse sno globe or the extra 5% off. This probably means that I will avoid shopping so I don't get trampled. I will not show up at 5am to get one of 5 new Playstations for $2, besides I already have a nintendo 64, that's good enough right?

It's likely that I won't be shopping in the physical stores this year, I'm more likely to sit in my PJs at home and surf the web looking for good deals.

I'll still take a look at some of the Black Friday sites, but nothing beats getting the paper on Thanksgiving day and sorting through all the ads and earmarking the ones I like.

For those of you who are adventurous, here are some Black Friday Ad sites:

• http://bfads.net/
• http://www.blackfriday.info/
• http://www.theblackfriday.com/
• http://www.amazon.com/Black-Friday-After-Thanksgiving-Sale/b?ie=UTF8&node=384082011
• http://twitter.com/#!/blackfriday