Black Friday

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Registered: 03-01-2006
Black Friday
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Sat, 11-29-2008 - 3:22pm

I refuse to go to the stores on the Friday after Thanksgiving...do any of you do that?


Some stores were even offering a 4am wake up call!!


It really reached madness near my old hometown on Long Island, shoppers trampled to death an employee of WalMart at Green Acres Mall , valley Stream,NY...where I shopped as a teen


unreal!


I never liked the crowds and the rush...I used to shop a bit all year


now I have toned it down except for the grandkids


what about you? have you changed your shopping/holiday habits this year?

Dutch


 

 


 


               

Dutch

 

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Registered: 03-19-2003
In reply to: holland163
Sat, 11-29-2008 - 5:46pm

HI Dutch


No way would I ever shop on Black Friday. Having a dh who worked in retail for over 30 years I know how rough this weekend can

                          &n
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Registered: 03-01-2006
In reply to: holland163
Sat, 11-29-2008 - 6:13pm

good for you!


good plans!


I did get online Friday and ordered a few things (even for me LOL)


in fact I found some good bargains to put away for dgks birthdays...Jan,Feb and April


dil was over today to borrow suitcases


I also had t shirts for the girls.....finally got the iron transfers to work


now each will have a shirt that says "Princess........." with her name to wear in Disneyworld


Dutch

 

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Registered: 09-19-2003
In reply to: holland163
Sat, 11-29-2008 - 6:20pm
dutch!! i saw that stampede on our morning news! rich and i were appalled at what we saw! this happened a couple of years ago in milwaukee,but thankfully the person lived. yesterday,i took my sister to kohls,toward noon,never thinking about the crowds of people. well let me tell you,it was crazy,the lines in that store were endless and peoples carts full. in her haste to exist the store,my sister left her cane in the cart,infact all she did was turn around and someone had taken her cart. so i had to go back into the store and check each cart. well duhhhhhh...that was like finding a needle in a haystack,needless to say,i never found the cane.im going to write santa and tell him she needs a new one,but please dont get it confused with a candy cane.LOLOLOL i kill me....hugs mindy

    

                      

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Registered: 03-01-2006
In reply to: holland163
Sat, 11-29-2008 - 6:57pm

oh no..she lost her cane!


do they have a lost and found there??


appalled is the right word for that deadly stampede


I grew up just a couple of miles from there


in fact , before we could drive, my friend madeline and I would take the bus there


Online shopping was enough for me


but we did hear the online traffice crashed www.sears.com!!!


ebates.com was having double rebates that day, so Iwent to stores I use anyway


hope sis gets her cane back!


hugs

Dutch


Dutch

 

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Registered: 07-17-2004
In reply to: holland163
Sat, 11-29-2008 - 8:23pm
Hi Dutch :)
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-01-2006
In reply to: holland163
Sat, 11-29-2008 - 8:59pm

sounds like an adventure to me!


you are a brave girl!! I won't even call you crazy!!


you have to have the right attitude and a plan!!


and not get trampled!!

Dutch


Dutch