Back when our children were young we planned our shopping excursion on the day after Thanksgiving like a military maneuver. We strategized the likelihood of which stores would have sufficient stock and the smallest crowds, drove all over the island of Oahu from sale, starting in the wee hours of the morning and ending at sundown… or way past sundown.
With no children in the home it is different. Our son, Josh, is married and living in Alabama and our daughter, Tori is 21. She lives at home with us, if you can call showering, changing clothes and sleeping here “living at home.” Regardless, there are no desperate searches for the toy-of-the-moment, so shopping is far different now.
We look for one or two items we hope to find deals on, and hit one or two stores. Period. The early leakage of all the major ads for Black Friday make it so much easier. I’ll save you the time: I GOOGLED so you won’t have to!
Here are links to most of the major sites featuring Black Friday Ads in advance, along with some pre-BF sales and deals.