Black Friday Shopping Experience

Here's my roundup of my Black Friday shopping...!

I woke up early ( 5 am), but didn't camp outside (or inside!) any stores. My first stop: Walmart. It was a madhouse. My closest store is a Super Walmart, and when I arrived, every single parking spot was taken. Inside, it was complete chaos. People EVERYWHERE! It was difficult to navigate the aisles, much less shop. There was also a lot of confusion about the voucher system. We picked up a few presents, and I purchased a $2 electric mixer for me, and ended up waiting in line to check out for nearly 45 minutes. Walmart didn't have an organized check-out system; it was basically a large crowd feeding into the lanes.

After Walmart, I headed to Target. Nothing I really needed, but I was interested in the $3 sandwich maker that the store advertised. I stepped into the store, saw the line to check out, and promptly went back to my car. It just wasn't worth it!

Then on to Kohls. I got cute little slippers on sale for $4 from $16. A new water bottle. My shopping mate had better luck and bought several presents. The line here wrapped around to the back of the store. Luckily, they were much more organized than Walmart- the single file line fed into the checkout lanes, so the line moved pretty quickly.

On to Old Navy- once again, a line stretching to the back of the store. I got a pair of $15 jeans (only to get home and find out they don't fit- darn!). And a $5 fleece, which is perfect for working out in when the weather gets cold. Next door to Old Navy was Borders, which was almost completely empty (and I found a gift as well!)

The last stop on the morning run was Best Buy- just to check on a TV. But it was nearly 9 am by this point and everything was gone.

Later after lunch, I stopped by Verizon to renew my cell phone subscription. I got a free Bluetooth out of the deal. And stopped by a different Walmart- wow, what a completely different experience! At 3 pm, this store still had stacks of all the big deal items- TVs, DVD players, etc etc! And of course, by this time, no lines!

Did you shop today? How was your experience?