Christmas is going to come early....

To keep our lives simpler, we Frugals have decided to begin our Christmas shopping for 2009 now. No pressure here, just a perusal down the end caps at Target for the soon to be hard to get items and beat the rush this fall. Now these hard to get items may not be because they are so popular, they may be because they are last years model and everyone under the sun already has that game, widget or gadget or so I've been told.

For example, when you see a drugstore start to sell those digital picture frames just like the office type stores, you know there is a glut on the market.....hmmm gift ideas?

Now we will take the lessons learned from 2008'a holidays and apply them to this years holiday season. We strategically plan for a month for Black Friday. (www.bfads.net) Our lists are checked and cross-checked against each competitor. We will then position ourselves at multiple locations to pounce on those bargains. Oh yeah, it can get violent, but hey, if I'm saving a few bucks, I willing to bleed a little. This year we are going to concentrate our efforts at one store location....Bass ProShops.

This is a store that knows how to treat it's customers on Black Friday. Picture and feel this.....40ish degrees and windy, 5 o'clock in the morning and the potential crowd headaches in front of you. Bass ProShops is glad to meet you with hot coffee, biscuits and donuts. Man o man, I'll turn to being a hunter just to continue to shop there.