I never do Black Fridays...

[MrScorpio]

No cash, so I have to wait until pay day.

I also can't deal with crowds of crazy people. Because they're crazy.

Thank the time/space continuum for small miracles.

[XanaDUer]

1. Nor do I

Now I hear crimes and pepper sprayings ate going on in Hell-Marts...

[scorpiogirl]

2. Never have I been happier to be broke! n/t

[bluestate10]

3. I have money. But I never shop on that day. I happened to be out and about.

Plenty people in restaurants. Was difficult to get a meal compared to other days. Lots of families out eating out, walking around and it looks like doing shopping.

[LWolf]

4. I did back in the '70s.

We didn't call it "Black Friday" then; I could go to the mall, find everything I wanted in a short time, and had time for lunch and ice skating, too. It was a fun day. "Crowds" were smaller, less determined, less intense.

I quit going to malls sometime in the 80s, and can't remember the last time I shopped a "Black Friday." At least 2 decades, still before it was "black."

These days I don't buy much for xmas. My family shifted to a gift drawing about a decade ago; we draw one person to buy for with a strict budget, and we all buy for the one kid, which is fine; there aren't too many of us to buy for him, so we each get him one thing and he has plenty.

I generally take on the job of helping him make something for him to give to everyone. We've done baked goods, soaps, candles, ornaments, candle holders, snow globes...we need a fresh idea for this year.

Anybody have some fresh ideas for inexpensive gifts that kids can make?

[Lucinda]

7. These sticky pad holders are fun

http://blog.creativekismet.com/2010/12/15/teacher-gifts-sticky-note-holder/




I was thinking some sort of stamped notecard sets might be fun to do too
http://www.meetthedubiens.com/2010/06/apple-stamping.html

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UP92dX09lPI/TA_v_nftTZI/AAAAAAAAAiM/AWIMPYPOjf0/s640/DSC_0505+copy-cs3-blog.jpg

[LWolf]

8. Those are two great ideas to add to my list;

we've got several more years before he's old enough to manage gift-making on his own.

I'm also thinking about making salt scrubs.

[RebelOne]

5. I did Black Friday one time in 2000, but never again.

Now everyone just gets gift cards. They can be bought in the supermarkets and drug stores. It saves a lot of hassle.

[Gman]

6. If you want the best deals of the year, you can't beat black Friday

Generally everyone is well behaved and things are very orderly. You only hear about isolated incidents. I got a great deal on a laptop last year. In 08 when the crash happened but retailers didn't expect it and we're super overstocked I got some great deals.

But you gotta get paid first.