Ok, this week was a blur! So much has happened, all on the good side of things. Thanksgiving went off as best as could be. Having food prepared ahead and pulled from the freezer was a blessing this week. Thanksgiving snuck up on me with all the college visits this fall and the fact that Thanksgiving is the earliest that it can be. Dh had a few work issues that he got called on so I did the turkey and cooking mostly on my own. Dh popped into help when he could. My children helped with the cleaning. Considering what we were dealing with, I was happy with the overall day.
I am a woman on a mission when I do Black Friday shopping.
I shop only the things that are on sale. If it isn't on sale, then I'll pick it up later when the lines aren't so long. If I can get the Black Friday sale price before Black Friday, I will buy it online but I do prefer shopping in person on Black Friday to have the item in my hand. Last year I was able to do a lot of online shopping with the Black Friday prices before Black Friday. This year, the items I wanted at the price I wanted weren't available until Black Friday. The one exception was Old Navy. Their sale started on Wednesday.
Friday morning we started our shopping at 5 am and were back by 10 am. I bought most of what I wanted in the stores. What I couldn't find in the stores was bought online over the course of the day. (I took breaks from online shopping to spend time hanging out with the children.) I finally finished up at 9:30 pm. There were a few items that were shown as the last item available. I am hoping that I do get them.
I did some more shopping on Saturday. I am about 95% done shopping for our immediate family. I have a few things to get that weren't on sale and I am sure there will be last minute gifts for people that I forgot.