***DU it. Give it Up! Post your BLACK FRIDAY PURCHASES Right Here in this Handy Thread!!!***stars.
I got nuthin' based on sales, but did treat myself to something (but it ought not accrue to a Black Friday sale):
On Wednesday I had to replace my iPhone and saw the ***iPad Mini***
And, having had my older iPad stolen in September, and with insurance money in hand, I decided to get one today!
I have heard about people who waited in line for three LCD TVs and whatnot.
Would have gotten it yesterday but every Apple outlet was closed as part of the build up.
So...
What did YOU get, if anything???
And props to you if you got nothing at all.
BTW-- I'm leaving now to the local Walmart to see if they're picketing.
I'll be glad to stand with them.
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I haven't even been out of the house!
Have fun picketing!
Good on you!
I'll go by the home later to see my mom and dad, on the way home from the Walmart Supercenter which is clear across the city, almost in another county.
You must have a very sharp intellect, which is why you couldn't even muster up enough energy for proper punctuation.
but ordered stuff online for all the adults on my Christmas list...six family members. Also ordered some cute clothes for the 22-month-old twin girls.
On edit: Still have six kids remaining, but I am waiting for their wish lists/size information since they have definite tastes and keep growing. Nothing like seeing a happy kid on Christmas Day.
I've been waiting all year for the chance.
It's an exciting life I lead
Good for anyone out there getting goodies!
I bought some unsold pre-chopped dressing veggies (onions, celery, etc.), PERFECT for soup!
sending a hug, but don't breathe on me!
No big boxes going out to the curb this Black Friday, except the car.
I honestly don't think any ordinary purchases should count for those keeping track, and mine was one I'd happily have made yesterday if stores had been open!
I gave my 6 year old son $5.00 to put in his new wallet. Other than that, I took the kids to the park. No shopping for me. I passed by our local Wal-Mart to see if there were any strikers, but there weren't. 
Not a lot of cars there, though.
Not naming names that rhyme with cliffordu.
wouldn't do that!
Jan 8 is wide open, we have trains that pass through here, I hear.
Can't wait to see you again my friend, riding from there to SF, south to LA and then to the east coast along the border.....
Going to be a great winter!!!!!
And by the way - I AM the goat....grew my beard longer.......lol....
And thats all I'm gonna say about that!
You got my number, hit me up!
no cooking, no getting dressed, no make-up, no cleaning, no surfing the net, just reading, listening to music, did n't even turn on TV until a few minutes ago. had a healthy salad for lunch. might order pizza for supper.
breakfast at Acadia Diner in Burlington
went to Home Depot to peruse the Kitchen Cabinets... decided on (not to buy yet) unfinished pine that I will stain with 'winter moss' when I get them...
...then headed out happy to have made a decision; but ahhh, a tool chest caught my eye and I bought it in order to organize my tools... (noted that the WalMart across the way was somewhat busy 
)
That's all.
Oh, and I had lunch at a family-owned restaurant in my neighborhood.
[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]I've spent today finishing up winterizing the apartment with materials I bought several days ago -- and eating leftovers.
Adding LadyHawkAZ to my favorites.
Oh, wait, already there.
I went in for a children's paint set and saw it.
We needed it - you have to hit the one we have now with a butter knife sometimes to make it open up
Posted a lot online about the Walmart strike in support of the strikers though. 
Woo Hoo! Let's hear it for PJs!
You've painted an imaginary image, yes you have.
And you are ADORABLE!
That SP episode will never be the same!
Three and a-half hours at the DMV and $14!! It made him very happy, though.
I'd kept him in the patio for 2 weeks due to a hurt paw. Took him back in today, turned out he was bleeding on the towel my daughter wrapped him up in and he had a bloody little crater that was a former abscess. They cleaned it up in another room and I heard some yowls and a couple of "OH MY GOD!"s!!!
Baby Girl came up to see me today and was the official kitty wrangler, a la wrap him up swaddled like a baby.
It was like a comedy routine when I introduced Baby Girl to the ladies at the front desk:"She doesn't sell her ass on the street. She doesn't get strung out on drugs. She's never been to jail. She graduated from college. She knows how to prevent babies. AANNNNNDDDD----she has a steady JOB!!!"
Can't you tell I'm proud of her???
Oh, and the cat survived and didn't freak out more than necessary!!
For $11 at JC Penny
and needed to stop at Lowe's. Found the mailboxes I needed and (yes I plead guilty) I found the heater I was looking for at 1/2 the online price. Also, I found tulips and other bulbs at 50% off.
Does that make me a bad person? 
I have nothing bad to say about anyone who chooses to shop today. I just cant stand the crowds!
I never had to wait longer than a couple minutes to check out. I stayed away from the stores with the "big deals"-- too much stress for me.
I couldn't possibly manage the crowds, and wouldn't even if I could. People are crazy out there!
I knew a girl in high school named Lucinda.
Lucinda Lyon.
What are the odds???
so I could make banana bread and we picked up a couple of coffees at the gas station before heading out of town for a little road trip.
Went to aamazon to get a used certain Civil War book and ended up with a brand new tricycle.........sometimes Grandma forgets the hell what she's doing...but my two year old grandson will be thrilled........now where the hell is the book I wanted???
This is the first time I've been out on black Friday. However I went to Menards at 530 pm to purchase some Christmas lights... not sure if that even counts.
I couldn't resist the mini. Had the iPad2 (owned by boss) stolen from home along with a MB Air (the bastids!), and not about to make them pay for this next one.
In any event, it's a sweet small package, but I'm still trying to get all my videos over to it (hate having to use iTunes).
As I wrote, I wasn't out to play Black Friday today, I was kind of forced to do it because EVERYONE was closed yesterday!
PM a link to your story, if you get a chance, or just link it in a reply.
Like I said, I hadn't planned to shop at all until I learned that everyplace is closed on Thursday.
Weird, like herding cattle into having to shop on Friday.
Hell, just give me business as usually, I don't have time for this foolishness.
online shopping before Xmas.
To buy a turkey marked down to 1/2 price. Great deal on it BUT a damn pebble hit the windshield of my car driving into town and left a nice little 1/4" *ding* on it dead center which I'm sure will cost me a lot more to have fixed than the $15.00 I saved on the turkey.
Bad lucky lately -- 15 years ago today my father died. I feel like sh*t really ... 
(((Dad))) I miss you!!!
Take care, CountAllVotes!!!
The grief never goes away I've found out, never.
That was a sad damn day 15 years ago and I had to go find my mother and tell he had died as she did not know about it.
I just HATE this time of the year, not that it was ever that great anyway.
a lovely relaxing day...doing almost nothing....
like i said, i would have preferred a normal day to by the iPad, was forced in a way to buy on Black Friday.
Got a head start on small business Saturday with a board game at the local game store. Then picked up a few DVDs at a big box store, too. We weren't planning on going but we figured we'd see if the crowds were still crazy. They weren't, so we took a shot, and found a lot of the good deals on TV series DVDs were still available.
...including 3 subway line connections and 1 bus ride to reach Paramount, CA Wal-Mart: $28.00.
Sandwich and coffee at Union Station convenience shop: $4.88.
Joining striking workers and more than 1,000 supporters in protesting at Wal-Mart: PRICELESS!
... just before we drove out of town: pecan, pumpkin, and apple.
Also bananas because we're out, and a package of Abreva cold sore medicine because I feel one coming on.
No crowds, no fuss, just a purchase at a store that treats its workers decently.
Hekate
Plus, sticky rice wrapped in banana leaves, a young coconut, Chinese black fungus, garam masala, wide rice noodles, anise tea, kumquats and a Milka bar.
All from Jungle Jim's market
I have enjoyed, however, loquats.
Not even in the same family but for the quat part!
I think in my 46 years I have shopped (if you want to call it that - more looking then looking then buying) twice on black friday. Once went I was about 14 and then the last time was about 10 years ago.
This black friday we needed milk, oj and our printer broke this week. So I sent the hubby to costco and he got just milk. oj and a printer.
I hate shopping. I hate grocery shopping. I hate shopping for clothes. I despise shopping for a car. I loathe shopping for furniture. I don't mind shopping for musical instruments or things that I can build.
The reason I hate it, I don't like the crowds. People don't act like people when they see the word 'sale' or the phrase 'buy one get one free.' Their eyes glaze over and they start to act crazy. Scares me so I don't take part unless forced to.
Besides on black friday there is usually football, and I love football. An added bonus this year natgo had a doomsday prepper marathon (I like this show I think it is funny and sometimes I learn something - mostly though what I learn as nothing to do with prepping, but they do have many good green ideas). I really wish a&a would stop the storage wars, every time I turn it there that damn show is on, and if it isn't storage wars its parking wars which is just as stupid. History channel is no better these days, with american pickers and pawn shop - I think they were doing counting cars of some bs. At least history channel 2 had ancient aliens (it was about mormons of all things last night) and some up coming armageddon show.
But I was saved from all that because hbo was showing all the matrix movies. 
and thoroughly enjoyed the empty grocery stores while everyone else was jam packed and smothered in department stores
Instead of material items as gifts, if indeed gifts are to be exchanged, I think it would be lovely if we all exchanged things we baked or made.
Hmm, we could exchange original poems!
Sorry to hear about your bike, tho.
I don't consider Apple to be playing the Black Friday in quite the dangerous way that other retailers do, but I sure was pissed off to learn that they were closed all day Thanksgiving!
And I was happy that they had what I wanted in stock and no crazy lines, though they were offering vouchers for set up instead of the usual "let me help you set up your new Mac" service.
