Who is going shopping on "Black Friday?"

[Marilyn]

Nope, not me, never have. I've heard that this year, the retailers and manufacturers will not be offering their best sales the day after Thanksgiving. There will be sales, but on more of the off brand stuff. The big sales will come closer to Christmas when they begin to panic because sales are down this year and try to capture as much of the business as they can.

We buy most of our presents online, and will probably be on the computer on Thursday and Friday seeing what sales the online stores have to offer.

Last year, I was parked at Target, I think it was Christmas Eve, was first in line when the store opened, and ran to electronics as soon as they unlocked the door to exchange an Xbox 360 that I had bought for a different model. I found out I'd bought the wrong one. That's the only time I can remember running to beat people to a product. I had called ahead and they had one of what I needed and it was a very popular item. While they were processing my transaction, others came up asking for it, and another couple was very happy to get the one I was returning. I felt so victorious and made my then future son-in-law very happy on Christmas morning. Funny what we glory in, isn't it.