Common Black Friday Shopping Mistakes to Alleviate and Make the Job More Fun

Holiday shopping on Black Friday can be agonizing , but with a few steps you’ll breeze through it effortlessly . It may seem to some that the Holiday Season and all of the related shopping and stressful experiences are still a long way off. Well, News Flash! It really isn’t. Have you checked your calendar recently and been left wondering what happened to the Summer ? Another couple of months down the line here and before you know it the cheerful season will be upon us.

In one respect you might be accurate . The needful organization of gift lists, meals to prepare and holiday cookies to partake might not be far off, but the stressful experience can be less stressful if you start coordinating now. Kids change everything, including Holiday plans.

The need to contemplate early is especially real for Mom’s and Dad’s of new babies and toddlers. You have spent months speculating about trips to Santa, Christmas morning and sugarplum dreams. These first few Christmases spent with your infant and toddler are about as much fun as it gets. Don’t spoil it by letting the stressful experience get in the way. Shopping for and sharing the holidays with a child should be fun ! It can be!

I know from shatteringly bad events that lack of coordinating can spoil the season. I remember as a young mom getting geared up to get my Christmas buying done. I contemplated each post-Thanksgiving day sale ad methodically . Up to that time I had no babies and felt no need to battle the crowds in the post-Thanksgiving chaos .

I had yet to succumb to the flashy ads promising untold specials in both dollars and time. What propelled me over the top and eventually kicked off a 5 am shopping spree was the ad featuring the desirable pedal bike for my son. It was wonderful , and a full 25% off the sale price. This put the coveted present in our price range. I knew he would just like it and only one thing stood in my way: the actual buying of the present.

With purse, cash and newspaper flyer in hand I found myself shuffling out the door at 4:30 am on Black Friday, trying not to look at the heap of thanksgiving dishes still needing my attention. Dishes could wait, today I had a mission : get one of the kids pedal cars for my three-year old. I returned home later that day with the pedal toy and a vow that I’d never, ever venture farther than my living room during the day after Thanksgiving buying madness.

In recent years I have reneged on my vow to never step toe out of doors during buying hours the weekend following Thanksgiving. Now with a bit of careful coordinating I look forward to 3 am suicide missions pursuingthe desirable tricycles for my twins.

I have profiled a few ground rules and have a much more rigorous preparation routine than the naive consumer who once spent three hours snarling and snapping over Radio Flyer Wagons. I’ll share my secrets! I am glad to. After all I am reformed and love my yearly buying spree. Don’t we all want to share what we like with others? Look for articles to follow that walk you through the coordinating and execution of blissful Holiday shopping on Black Friday, no matter how many babies are in your life .

And if you are not wanting to go the crowd route at all, I suggest buying online and skipping the crowds altogether!