Black Friday Ads

by Crystal Canole

Thanksgiving night after the turkey dinner was eaten and cleaned up, it was time to go to the gas station.  The newspaper was waiting up there for me with all the great deals that were about to happen tomorrow, on Black Friday. 

Those days of waiting till the night before are long gone.  Now, Black Friday Ads come out far in advance, and even the deals are sometimes earlier than black Friday. 

Here is a breakdown of websites with Black Friday Ads already:

1. Black Friday 2010
2. Black Friday
3. BlackFridayAds

and there are many more.

Now this is nice to have the ads in advance, so that the sale prices can be evaluated and plans can be made for the big day well in advance, but I miss the old days.  I loved running out after dinner grabbing the ads and circling all the great stuff and planning the next morning.

Now, there is almost no reason to shop on black Friday in the stores because the deals are offered earlier and there is always cyber Monday.  Some of the deals are still amazing, but unless you need that huge flat screen TV, the rest of the stuff is probably not worth it. 

Even though I know this, I will still be one of those crazies waiting outside the store at four in the morning trying to be the first one in the door.