Black Friday

Yep, I was one of the crazy people who waited in those insanely long lines to get those killer deals.  I made a last minute decision to go black Friday shopping, so I ended up going alone at midnight (it would have been much more fun with a friend).  I showed up to target and waited in a massive line just to get into the store.  It was cold, smelled like cigarette smoke, and there were some seriously scary looking people there.  It seemed like everyone around me was on edge to get their t.v.  Every time some one would walk out with a T.V. I would hear moans around me and people were starting to get mad.  My main goal that night was to get a Christmas tree and Razor scooters for the kids; and when the people behind me (who were there for a t.v.) found that out, they laughed out of relief.  I finally got in the store and with all the t.v. talk, thought I would for sure get the scooters, but no, they were gone.  Dang.  So I went to the Christmas trees and luckily picked one out for $30.  Since I was already there, I looked around to see what other deals I could find, but didn't find much.  I still grabbed some things anyway, because there is this mental thing where you believe if you buy it on black Friday, it must be the best deal. (Wrong!)  So for almost an hour I suffered to carry all of my stuff, in a moving winding line, including a big Christmas tree box, all with no cart- yeah, that was the other thing, there were no more carts! It was painful.  I was seriously questioning why I had done this.  Once I finally checked out, I walked out of the store passing multiple empty carts.  Nice.  I got home, happy I found a cheap tree and went to bed, only to get up a few hours later to hit some more deals.  To jump to the point here, I didn't find a whole lot of deals and I realized that black Friday is not what it used to be.  You really do have to become one of those people who camp out for days and eat Thanksgiving dinner in front of Best Buy to get the real deals.  Otherwise, save your time, your sleep, and even sometimes your money for any other week in December.  Didn't it feel like stores were just giving things away this year?  Every week was a new sale, and honestly, I found better sales on every day but black Friday.  Maybe that was jut me.  And even the great deal I got on the tree turned out to be a waste too.  First off, the tree is cheapo.  I got a nice star tree topper, put it on, and my tree bent in half, lol...wayyy to weak. I'll be selling it on Craigslist soon, and hoping to get a real tree from now on.  Second, I saw that dang tree at Target for weeks at the same price I had gotten it on black Friday...total waste of straining my arms in that long line, at midnight!  Along with my tree, things that were sold out that night, were later found on the shelves within days at the same price as Black Friday.  With the Internet now, it seemed like there were constantly 3 day/3 hour sales, everywhere.  It was hard to know when to jump on something.  So in the end, I realized, I'm probably not going to go Black Friday shopping again in the future.  Well, unless I have a friend/sister with me to do it with, because that might be fun...but as far as the sales go, I don't know how worth it is.  Anyone else feel the same way?