Black Friday shopping = success

Let me first say that this year's black friday shopping experience was much tamer than last year. Last year's shopping festivities commenced at midnight at the camarillo outlets followed by hitting up best buy, kohl's, and target and finally crashing to sleep at around 11 on friday morning. After perusing the black friday shopping ads from this Thursday's newspaper the only 2 things that caught my eye were the following:



The hubs and I found these great deals at Wal-mart. We purchased 2 8 inch digital picture frames for $39 a piece and also purchased a video camera at $100 off regular retail price. Wal-mart opened at 5 am this morning and the hubs (who accompanied me reluctantly) and I arrived at Wal-mart at around 4:30 to already find hoards of people in line. I don't have a pic but there had to be at least 1,000 customers in front of us. We strategized and opted not to get a cart, and knowing that we weren't going to make any large purchases requiring a shopping cart, it was the best idea. Much easier to weave in and out of aisles without one. We got in the store by 5:20 am and left an hour later with our purchases. We were satisfied customers. :-)