Black Friday 2007!

I went out at midnight to the local outlet mall. It's usually only busy on the weekends, and then only about 1/2 full. At 12:30 when I got there it was absolutely packed tight. It was difficult to find a parking space. I waited in line for 40 minutes at the Wrangler outlet store to get about 6 pair of pants for me....but at regular prices knocked down 50% and an extra 15% off for early bird it was more than worth it. Spent $65 and saved probably over $150 total there.

I went to the kitchen store and got a great set of Chicago Cultlery Insignia 2 kitchen knives. Regular price was $150 and the EB price was $75, and it came with a voucher for $80 worth of Omaha Steaks. So I come out $5 ahead on that one!

Eddie Bauer was up next and they had an extra 30% off everything for the first 12 hours. I didn't get much there....got a nice sweater though. And a crank radio and sport wallet.

I also stopped in at the Oshkosh B'Gosh outlet on my way to the car. My wife, Sara, needed a jacket for a kid in her class. I found one there with a regular price of $76! I don't spend that much on a jacket for me! But with 60% off that brought it down to around $31 and I used my $10 voucher from the mall to bring it to $21! Not too shabby!

I was out there until about 3:15 this morning and decided to run home and drop off that first load of stuff. Then it was off to Kohl's. I got there about 4:30 this morning and again the lot was packed. I went in adn the checkout lines were already lined up to the back of the store. I walked around and didn't find anything that really excited me much so I said to hell with that.

Off to Sears, opening at 5 am. This is where I really blew the wad. I got a 10 inch DeWalt Compound Miter Saw with Laser Trac on clearance for $200, saved $150. GREAT deal. The Craftsman that I went for was only $15 cheaper and was sold out by the time I got there. Also got a Craftsman shop stool out there for $40, saving $40 on it.

Off to Menard's which opened at 6 and lines to get in were incredibly long. The lot was full and I had to park on the road into the lot. There wasn't anything there I was too incredibly excited over so I said to hell with that.

Fleet Farm was on my way to the next area so I stopped at got a couple of portable work stations. They fold flat so I can hang them on the wall in my garage. Very cool. $10 each, saving a total of $20.

Off to Loews which was surprisingly dead. Not too many people at all in there. Walked right up to a checkout. But I got an 18 Volt Black and Decker FireStorm cordless drill kit. Regularly $120 and I got it for $40. Pic has the drill and the shop stool I got at Sears.

I also popped into Best Buy and got a copy of the Special Edition of 300 for $7 and the special edition of Live Free or Die Hard over at Sam's Club. And some ground beef from Sam's Club! No pics of the ground beef though!