# What are your plans for Black Friday? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 25, 2011, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-plans-for-black-friday/604039 "2011-11-25T14:13:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-plans-for-black-friday/604039/41 "2011-11-26T15:35:06Z")
My Black Friday shopping consisted of getting a gallon of milk at the grocery store. My daughter hung out with us most of the day, helping her dad to aquarium stuff. I played with a little plaster of paris in my studio, and mostly vegged. It was a good day. ---
**Author:** ![Zjestika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/8edcca/32.png) [@Zjestika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zjestika)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-plans-for-black-friday/604039/42 "2011-11-26T15:47:38Z")
I went to the mall on midnight after Thanksgiving. I wasn’t going to, but it’s right by work and me and a friend got out at 11:30, so we went to Herbergers and I got a comforter and a christmas gift for my dad. To counterbalance I bought 2 gifts on Etsy on Friday, and worked again. I get christmas off, so I don’t mind working Thanksgiving weekend. I also ate a ton of leftover pie. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-plans-for-black-friday/604039/43 "2011-11-26T16:14:50Z")
> [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](#): > > Traffic wasn’t bad at least. Yeah, I found that the highways I was on in the mountains were pretty much deserted, which is what I was hoping for. I didn’t hit traffic until I got caught up in people returning from skiing on I-70, and even that moved right along. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-plans-for-black-friday/604039/44 "2011-11-26T17:52:29Z")
mrAru and I drove home from my Mom’s before the plague I seem to have caught from him got bad enough to put me in bed. I am now stuck in bed hacking and wheezing, and it is rolling into a case of pneumonia. I have an appointment at my PCP’s office Monday morning. We brought the carcass home with us to turn into stock, it is perking away in a stockpot right now. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-plans-for-black-friday/604039/45 "2011-11-26T18:01:45Z")
I didn’t realize that “Black Friday” was an all-day thing. I honestly thought everyone did their shit all morning and then everything died down. So my mom roused me out of bed asking if I wanted to take her to the local outlet mall to pick up a part she’d been looking for, and I said ok. It wasn’t that bad. Crowded and I was both sick and hot but we only went to 3 stores in the outlet mall and then a a Dollar Tree a few miles away. I don’t shop all that much so it was like a typical Saturday of shopping with my mom. No biggie. We then went to see the Muppet movie, which rocked. Anyway I checked the “shopping” option even though it started off as “enjoying the day off…” ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-plans-for-black-friday/604039/46 "2011-11-26T18:37:13Z")
I’m visiting my parents with my wife and son. Unfortunately my son got sick with a slight fever. So our plans for a low-key day turned out to be even more low-key. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-plans-for-black-friday/604039/47 "2011-11-26T18:47:33Z")
Other, although it wasn’t plans. My father started hurting Thanksgiving evening so we took him to the ER. He had his appendix taken out around two am. So I spent most of Friday in his hospital room. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2011, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-plans-for-black-friday/604039/48 "2011-11-26T21:12:23Z")
We went to Disneyland. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-plans-for-black-friday/604039/49 "2011-11-27T04:53:18Z")
The Firebug and I did a lot of outdoorsy stuff, and had lunch at MickeyD’s, which he loves. Good day. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Tonya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/4491bb/32.png) [@Queen\_Tonya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Tonya)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2011, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-plans-for-black-friday/604039/50 "2011-11-27T10:22:17Z")
Drove home from the family gathering, Mom was disappointed we only spent two nights up there. Decided on a whim to drive a different route and stop for a late lunch in Grand Rapids. Did a little sight-seeing and had a lovely meal. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-your-plans-for-black-friday/604039.md?page=2)