STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

fairywings · Dooney & Bourke

Anyone doing black Fri shopping? Where?

Elle · Hermes

You are a brave woman heading out with the crowds, especially the outlet mall crowds! We're keeping Christmas very low key this year with just a couple small gifts each, so no big shopping for me. I might pick a few things up online, but the rest of the day is going to be dedicated to decorating for the holidays!

clothes_horse · Dooney & Bourke

i'm planning on hitting up target because they're having great deals on tv shows on dvd, like gossip girl season 2 for 15.99 and family guy

you can check out the deals here: http://www.blackfriday.fm/

-- Edited by clothes_horse on Tuesday 17th of November 2009 01:28:14 PM

Boots · Gucci

I haven't decided. I think I want to hit the "upsacale" mall to see if JCrew, Martin+Osa and some of the other stores are going to put any of their stuff on a special sale for the day (they did last year.) I like to go around 10 AM, early enough to miss the lunch crowd and late enough to miss the early AM bargain shoppers. Plus, my mom and I usually get our first gingerbread lattes of the season that day.

On the Sunday that weekend I'm taking my goddaughter and her brother downtown to see the windows and lights (Macy's and a few other stores do their windows up with stories each year.) I'm really looking forward to continuing this tradition with them.

-- Edited by Boots on Tuesday 17th of November 2009 02:00:30 PM

Natalie23 · Nine West

I'm doing my usual mom + me crazy nordstrom rack followed by woodfield mall (suburban chicago) morning, this year I'm being really ambitious and taking the bf (his first trip out for thanksgiving out to my fam.) to downtown chicago shopping in the afternoon.. as much as I love shopping, I don't know how I'm going to survive the combined chaos of both!

Boots · Gucci

Natalie- You're from Chicago too! Good luck with Woodfield. You're a brave woman. I can't even imagine the madness that the parking lot must be. I'm hitting Old Orchard instead and will leave Woodfield for another weekend.

exsupahero · Kate Spade

HECK NO! I won't be doing any black friday shopping. I hate the crowds and I have no patient for greedy, crazy people.

I sound like such an old fart. ;)

I'll probably do the online black friday/cyber monday thing though.

Natalie23 · Nine West

Boots wrote:

Natalie- You're from Chicago too! Good luck with Woodfield. You're a brave woman. I can't even imagine the madness that the parking lot must be. I'm hitting Old Orchard instead and will leave Woodfield for another weekend.

Only sort of- I've been in philly for like 7 years- but chicago will always be home I think.

my fav. part of the woodfield parking lot is the fact that they hire seasonal traffic directors, that place is ridic.

Collette · Chanel

I'll be hitting black Friday sales online at Midnight to get deals on Toys for my BF's twins!

Kelly · Hermes

Sort-of...I'll probably do some online shopping, but otherwise I'm actually going wedding dress shopping with/for my BFF. I'm always so torn - the mall can run me down on a regular day with all the annoying people around, Black Friday is a nightmare...but the sales! ahhhh!

gingembre1 · Kate Spade

HECK YES! I plan on getting my boyfriend a digital camera for Xmas, I'm shopping for a flat panel TV for myself, and a new fan/microwave combination for my NEW KITCHEN!! Yippee!!!

ranchera20 · Marc Jacobs

I'll be working it. Yay...not really! Most likely I'll have to be at work at 3 am. But I'll probably hit up some online sales.

Aurora · Marc Jacobs

I think I might try and hit up the sales but i'm not sure where yet. My husband offered to take me to the San Marcos outlets but I'm not sure if I want to fight the crowds. I might just stay up all night and shop online instead.

Suasoria · Chanel

I try to observe 'buy nothing day,' but last year DH was an enabler and I did a bunch of online shopping on BF. I'm like Kelly, I almost can't handle a mall on an average weekday, let alone the big day.

wetbandit42 · Marc Jacobs

exsupahero wrote:

HECK NO! I won't be doing any black friday shopping. I hate the crowds and I have no patient for greedy, crazy people.

I sound like such an old fart. ;)

I'll probably do the online black friday/cyber monday thing though.

Hah, me too. I just can't bring myself to go out into those crazy crowds.

HeatherLynn · Gucci

My mom and I usually go out, but not looking for anything specific. We are not the get up super early to fight all the crazy crowds kind of people, but we enjoy starting the holiday shopping season on that day.

LoMish · Kate Spade

I'm shooting for Target, because 1) they have a starbucks inside *yum and 2) I can walk there from my house.

Maybe I'll go to the mall, but that's only if I'm feeling super brave! We'll see.

Yana · Dooney & Bourke

No...have been to abstaining from shopping for over 2 years now...No, you can't imagine how it is...I wish you never have to...so, it's still not the time...

pollyjean23 · Marc Jacobs

Three-quarters of the battle for me is the driving and parking. So, if there is ever any place for me to go that doesn't require driving and parking, then I can handle the crowds. Still am not gonna do it this year tho.

ILoveChoo · Hermes

exsupahero wrote:

HECK NO! I won't be doing any black friday shopping. I hate the crowds and I have no patient for greedy, crazy people.

I sound like such an old fart. ;)

I'll probably do the online black friday/cyber monday thing though.

I stay as far away from the malls as possible from Black Friday through Christmas! I actually just ran to Sephora yesterday because I was running low on tinted moisturizer and didn't' want to brave the Chrsitmas crowds.

I think Cyber Monday tends to be better for clothes anyway, and I dont' need any big ticket items this year