No sir not this fella! Best day of the year never to leave the driveway! I will be spending quality time with my many power tools!! Any of you fool enough to enter the retail hurricane tomorrow??? I am driving no place!! Insanity!:doh:

I am setting the alarm for 3:30 a/m to go shopping....



NOT!!!! I'm with ya Larry..Staying away from the stores at least..

I will be going fishing.:lama:

I am going to the junk yard, maybe the auto parts store but thats it

I'll be up early, wife leaves for the store at 0430. She works there.
LL BEAN in Mansfield. No use trying to sleep after first call, the dogs won't let ya.

But I am not going anywhere near there.
It's been crazy there the last 2 Saturday's.
Tomorrow is going to be really crazy.

a friend of mine was gonna shop early but found the same item
online at best buy for less than the advertised price.

I have been hitting the stores on black friday for the last 5-6 years. I don't mind staying up late, getting up early staying up all night, I do that to fish 7 months of the year.
I go in knowing and expecting a madhouse and that is part of the fun. The people watching is part of my enjoyment of the morning. I love watching people get unhinged (Larry I would have a ball watching you on Black Friday if you ever went out), and I have seen some folks go crazy over stupid nonsense like a $10 gift card.
And it does not have to be all bad or hectic..two years ago I started at Target (waited for the 6am opening since about 3am-was about #25 in line) and hit 5 stores in an hour and a half (this is all long rt 2 in Warwick) and was at work by 7:45 am.
Last year I waited in front of comp usa since 10pm the night before to get MANY great deals (all told I think I saved about $600 for stuff I would have bought anyway-this was the year that led right up to comp usa's demise). I was about #15 in line. I had a ball goofing around talking, joking, playing games with a bunch of folks who were also crazy enough to be out (the line at best buy was already around the building at 10pm).
I didn't go this year, because there not that many deals on stuff I was looking for (a GPS would be nice but I am not waiting all night to save $50), and franklly I think with the way the economy is right now, there may well be better deals to be had later in the season.

I'll be raking leaves, this is the first time off I've had in awhile. There has to be a better way. :gorez:

Currently at work....Ride in was a breeze though

tin boat in back of truck?check.2 d.s. batteries charged?check.2 ul spinning rods?check.2 fly rods,1 lead core,1 6wt floating line?check.Trolling motor?check.Turkey &swiss sandwich,pepsi,water?check.Big Cliff pnd?CHECK.:ss:

some of us gotsta work....
turkey and shopping makes lotsa husbands wanna :cheers2:
and when they get the cc card bills in a month, they'll wanna
:cheers2: even more..
job security i guess...

Karl, you've probably got more job security than any of us -

All the shops I care about started their sales earlier in the week so my Black Friday shopping is already over...

Got some great deals. Now I just need to get XMas shopping done for the family.

-spence

All the shops I care about started their sales earlier in the week so my Black Friday shopping is already over...

Got some great deals. Now I just need to get XMas shopping done for the family.

-spence

All stocked on silk suits and cashmere sweaters? :kewl:

Wife is headed out later in the afternoon w/ her mom.
I'm not going near those places...
prepping fish to smoke tomorrow :musc:

All stocked on silk suits and cashmere sweaters? :kewl:
I did find a nice $1300 Corneliani sportcoat for 80 bucks...that was a deal :lama:

-spence

where did you find that?

where did you find that?
Saks Off 5th at Wrentham. I was getting a little stir crazy on Wednesday and figured I needed to put my crutches through some trials :jester:

Overall the selection on the clearance racks was pretty lame though. 30% off of everything with an additional 20% off of clearance and outerwear.

-spence

Nice,
That mall backed up 495 again this early am, nice draw.
Should see about price to have a man store, near by, power tools, etc..

Wrentham is a zoo at times, but I don't really find the shopping there to be all that great compared to some of the outlet malls I've been to.

I have managed a few scores at Off 5th's though.

-spence

Just sent a full crew home 2 hours early at a nearby retailer, the place is empty of shoppers
Weather may be a factor

Just sent a full crew home 2 hours early at a nearby retailer, the place is empty of shoppers
Weather may be a factor
Weather isn't ideal. I'm sure the economic story has a role to play...

Also, the sales have been ongoing pretty much since labor day. I think a lot of people have already done their shopping.

-spence

I hate shopping so you won't catch me anywhere near a mall,store. I just finished winterizing my 2 boats and both engines. Friggin rain made it miserable. They said sun and clouds this morning on the weather. I got soaked but I was all greasy and grimy so I wasn't quitting when it started until I was done. Tarp them tomorrow and I'm done.

I did find a nice $1300 Corneliani sportcoat for 80 bucks...that was a deal :lama:

-spence

So what you are saying is that most of the time you buy a suit, sportcoat or clothes......you are generally for the most part taking it hard up the wazooo??!!!:humpty: Be the freakin' day I pay $1,300.00 for a sportcoat......glad you got a deal! Heck that would be the day I buy a sportcoat period!!:laugha:

LARRY you missed the best deal ever. Brand new Dewalt 18v cordless drill, 2 batteries, 1 hour charger. Lowes and Hd both $97. You can't even buy two new batteries for that and you get a brand new drill with keyless chuck for free. I been nursing a dwalt here for ~8 years. One of the best battery drills on the market ever and it's over 1/2 price off. Or you missed the 14 gallon shop vac 4.5 hp with wheels, $29 @ Lowes. They gave me a $10 coupon off on the next $50 purchase. I loaded the truck and turned around I'm no fool. Great vac. Now I got a way to recycle alooominum tillings instead of throwing it in the trash. I spent 50.90 and I got another $10 off coupon on the next $50. They just paid me $20 for buying what was already a pisser deal.
I got paid to shop in their stores.
Shoot your an employee now lookit what you probably coulda gotten off there too :hee:

Smarter not harder :rtfm: :rotf3:

Waiting until I start...don't get the discount till then.:uhuh: That is a great deal though!

Just think next year at this time we're gonna be sittin here reading a grump thread about stupid Lowes shoppers messin up your wood piles, fartin in the aisles, and havin to get up the day after Thanksgiving at 2am :hee:

So what you are saying is that most of the time you buy a suit, sportcoat or clothes......you are generally for the most part taking it hard up the wazooo??!!!:humpty: Be the freakin' day I pay $1,300.00 for a sportcoat......glad you got a deal! Heck that would be the day I buy a sportcoat period!!:laugha:
No, I buy everything off-price and at a big discount. There's no way I could afford the stuff I buy at even 1/2 of retail.

I like nice stuff but I'm not rich, just smart :hihi:

-spence

Black Friday you will find me armed and dangerous so I don't get trampled buy a bunch of friggin' morons lookin' to save $5 on power drill!:rolleyes:

I still haven't left the yard