What did you spend on Black Friday?

[Rochester]

I spent $0.

[mucifer]

1. me too

[Angleae]

2. I bought lunch at McDonalds.

Then went back to work.

[blueamy66]

3. $20 at the bar

that is all

[hobbit709]

4. Zilch.

Saturday I spent $70 on clothes online and Sunday I spent $50 online for a motherboard I needed.

[CBGLuthier]

5. $50 on something for myself that I really needed.

Running out of computer storage space. Great deals on external hard drives. I was in and out of the store in less than five minutes.

[era veteran]

6. Same as every year

$0.00

[tigereye]

7. nothing - went to visit my parents instead

[charlie and algernon]

8. nothing, but bought the Pacific DVD set on Saturday

I don't have HBO, so couldn't watch it when it was broadcasted, so bought the DVD set on Saturday with Borders' 40% off coupon.

[AngryAmish]

9. sixty on new pair of dryjoys

[grace0418]

10. 25$ in Chinatown eating ourselves silly. Didn't spend a dime or a minute doing

any shopping.

[MilesColtrane]

11. Nothing

I was at a family member's house and didn't venture out.

[Crystal Clarity]

12. *Just* time with my daughter in Manhattan,

and less the $20 on some delicious NYC pizza. The best time and money I've ever spent!!! :-)

I'm back home in Maine and miss her already!

[progressoid]

13. $0.00

[Iggo]

14. Just shy of $400.00

I love shopping. I love being alone in a crowd. I love getting my xmas shopping done in one day.

Win. Win. Win.

Oh yeah, and I recommend taking the bus to the mall. No parking hassles.

Win again.

[Oceansaway]

15. nada,nothing,zip,zilch....nt

[bikebloke]

16. Nothing

I didn't even do my Saturday grocery run early.

[ncrainbowgrrl]

17. I spent $65ish. Copay on a medication and a black friday sale on diet coke.

buy two 12 can packs of diet coke, get three 12 can packs for free. Nice sale.

On edit- I also bought a $1.00 bag of Marshmallows.

[Lucian]

18. $10.99 for a bottle of Fulton's Harvest Pumpkin Pie Liqueur.

:)

[TommyO]

19. On retail sales? Zero.

We were doing a bit of driving around and were hungry, so we found a restaurant and had lunch. Total for three people, including tip, $46.00, and the food was very good too - we found a new, out-of-the-way place for a good lunch.

[Rambis]

20. Me 0 wife

:shrug::scared:

[Lucinda]

21. 0.00

:)

[kimi]

22. I bought cat food at Petsmart

About $12.

The cats were quite pleased.

[lunamagica]

23. I went to the mall on Black Friday a bought a pair of boots for $9.99

They are nice and warm and I needed them. Sister bought a coat at 1/2 price. She didn't have one.

We do the BF shopping every year and find stuff we can use at good prices. We have never found the crowds as horrific or rude as portrayed by the media. We don't wait for the doors to open so maybe we miss the worst part of it, but we try to be there pretty early, eat, shop around, talk and people watch.

It's pretty sad to read post after post about how those of us who shop on BF are nothing but mindless greedy imbeciles who support evilness by shopping; but until I learn how to make homemade boots and other such things I will still be part of that crowd so despised around here. I am poor and will try to find a bargain whenever I can. I ha no idea I deserved scorn for it.

[petronius]

25. The BF outrage does seem to hit a lot of unintended (I hope) targets

I agree with a lot of people in hating the incessant advertising, the message that if I don't buy my wife a diamond something-or-other and she doesn't buy me a Lexus that we're losers, and the incessant message that buying is fun, patriotic, and a social responsibility. But letting that outrage spill over onto people who bought things that they need at good prices is silly - if I'd needed something in particular last Friday I would have bought it, but I had other things to do.

I suppose there's a case to be made that avoiding shopping on BF sends a message to advertisers that we reject their consumption-is-good message, but we don't all have the luxury (in time, money, etc) to make that statement - and there's no shame in that...

[jobycom]

35. There's this story about a fox trying to reach some grapes over his head...

describes a lot of the diatribes.

I love the crowds when I can afford to shop. I've gotten up early once to stand in line and wait for an opening. Stood around in the cold with a bunch of good people who talked about the cold, sports, and life in general, and one of them gave me a chemical hand warmer when he saw me rubbing my hands together.

People are usually as nice as you let them be, I've found. And who can resist great prices at electronics stores. Viva la economie!!

[JonLP24]

24. I would do it

The deals are no joke, I just can't do that camping out and surviving stampedes part of it.

[Kali]

26. nothing

I'm too exhausted from cooking (and eating) to go shopping the day after a big food holiday.

I did switch which credit card would be used for when my consumer reports subscription renews the day after x-mas, though. How is that?

And that tells me whatever year I got that I must have been starting to look up something to buy the day after x-mas and wanted to get the scoop on it from CR so I must have been sort of "shopping" the day after a food holiday - so much for my credibility, eh?:P

[old mark]

27. I bought a book and a music CD online, both for christmas gifts...Total under $30...nt

[bif]

28. Around $25,000

[bif]

37. Bought a car.

[triguy46]

46. Ok. You're dying to tell us. What color of Bravada did you get?

[mvd]

29. None. Have to get more money..

before I spend.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

30. 0. goose egg. nil. aught. the big nothing.

[realisticphish]

31. I had to work, so I spent negative money

[AmandaRuth]

32. about $200

a book (the new Mark Twain autobiography), a cd (best of Wanda Jackson), 4 long sleeved shirts (for the husband, works in a cold warehouse, needs them), and the big item, a $70 camera (for the daughter, regular price $160). Money is extremely tight this year, and that is about 75% of all the Christmas shopping i will do.

[Courtesy Flush]

33. $25 to bowl and have a couple of beers. nt

[jobycom]

34. I bought ice cream and pizza in New Orleans, but my mom paid for it.

I would have bought a whole boatload of stuff if I'd have had the money, of course. Instead, I went to see my parents, who took me and the grandkids to the Creole Creamery in New Orleans. Then to a pizza place.

[bigwillq]

36. My mom bought me boots.

Not sure if that counts.
I don't think I spent any of my money. I might've bought a pack of smokes, can't remember.

[hunter]

38. Nothing.

Saturday, nothing.

Sunday I bought some groceries.

Today, nothing.

Any day I buy nothing is a good day.

Wait, I did buy something... water and electricity.

I'd like to figure out a way not to buy those without buying something else.

[kentauros]

39. I spent Time with my parents and my sister

out west of Austin, Texas, in the Hill Country :D

I suppose I spent a little bit of their electrical and gas energy, but I wasn't paying for it :P

[lukasahero]

40. I have to admit, I did spend $3.46

We went to a local consignment shop and I bought glass ball ornaments and an xmas tree for my office cube. I will post pictures when the decorating is done. :)

[Initech]

41. I bought the Mad Men seasons for $10 each, then spent $20 at the bar.

All around - $50. Thats the most I've spent on black Friday in several years.

[Curmudgeoness]

42. $7. That is $3 to go to a movie and $4 for meds for the cat.

Let's keep this economy hopping folks. I am depending on you, cause it ain't me. I will eat my dirty socks before I get up in time to go shopping at 4:00 AM for the best deals. Screw that.

[femmocrat]

43. Nothing. But I made up for it today.

Did some of my Christmas shopping since I had the day off.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

44. void.

[triguy46]

45. $46 for pizzas for a get together w/family and friends.

[TheMightyFavog]

47. $1.06

For a cup of coffee at the gas station where all sizes are .99 (before tax) on my way to work. Place has decent coffee, too. :)

[Digit]

48. nada, nothing eom

[GoneOffShore]

49. Nothing in the US

But spent a fair amount of money in France.

[rurallib]

50. $20 for a decent meal for me and Mrs. Lib

hope that holds her til next year.

[Generic Brad]

51. Nothing

Christmas is just another day to me.

[Amaril]

52. $0 here too.

Didn't even venture out of my house. Too afraid of bargain-crazed loonies hopped up on turkinol. :scared:

In a related story, a man -- and his 12 y/o son -- were arrested at the Target (right down the street) for beating up an elderly (didn't catch his age if they gave it, but he looked to be 70'ish) man in a dispute over a parking space.

[Withywindle]

53. Roughly $20

Round-trip transit fare to and from work, a pack of cigarettes, a corned beef sandwich from 7-11.

[some guy]

54. I spent

the whole day at home. I bought nothing.

[GreenPartyVoter]

55. Whatever the vet charged to put the cat down and send him for cremation.

:cry: