The Blonde Diaries

The countdown to black friday has begun. In just twenty three days the official start to the holiday season and shopping bargains will be upon us. I remember growing up how my mother and I would sit at the kitchen table after Thanksgiving dinner looking at all of the Black Friday ads in the newspaper and plotting our course for the next day.

Now, the need to spend Thanksgiving day scouring ads and then camping out to get in line at places like WalMart or BestBuy has been eliminated. How? Thanks to a site called Black Friday Online, you can sign up to get email alerts any time a Black Friday ad has been released and posted on their websites. You probably didn’t know that the stores plan months in advance their sales and develop their advertisment circulars did you? You also probably didn’t know that they are the ones that “sneak” them out to the general public in advance to drum up buzz for the sales. You can start researching today by looking at ads from last year and looking at the ones released so far this year to get your game plan going. One company that jumped out in late October is Sears with their “Sears Black Friday Deals” ad and they have some deals on electronics. Another great thing you can figure out is which stores will offer their sales online through these ads and websites. Last year, I was able to stay in from the cold and shop from home on Walmart.com and was able to get everything I wanted with the click of a mouse. No need to wake up at 5 am or camp out overnight.

Tags: black friday, budget, online shopping, shopping