Black Friday & Cyber Monday Tips

Black Friday can actually be a fun ritual, reduce the stress of last minute shopping and help keep you on holiday spending budget if you invest the time to truly score great items at sale prices. What about the stress of all of that frenzy on the busiest shopping day of the year? It doesn’t have to be so. Many retailers are offering early Black Friday sales and you may not even have to leave home to get it. You can shop online on Black Friday and even score on Cyber Monday.

Here’s the Black List. The ultimate tips on how and where you can find huge savings this holiday.

Synchronize Your Watch

Black Friday sales notoriously start in the wee hours of the morning. Usually at 5am. It is important to be mindful of sale times. Many doorbusters are only offered at select times. And this Black Friday it’s getting even earlier some retailers are opening their doors as early as 3am such as Kohl's. The sale contains over 400 early bird specials, which are only valid on Black Friday from 3am-11am.

Complete Surveillance

It’s important to know what’s on sale and where. A great listing of sales from retailers across the country can be found at www.blackfriday.com and www.cybermonday.com.  It’s important to map out your shopping trip. Not only on the order in which you go to stores but also to learn where the items you want are merchandised in store. Start checking in on your favorite stores now and you will find the deals are limited to Black Friday. Some  are counting down to Black Friday with sales such as Amazon.com. Others are offering sales all throughout November and continuing in December like Wal-Mart, Sears, JcPenny and Best Buy.

Crack Codes

Coupon codes are another way to get even deeper discounts this holiday. One of the many sites dedicated to finding and posting coupon is currentcodes.com . This may help you to get free shipping, free merchandise or a percent off your order.

Use Gadgets

You’ve got gadgets from your home computer, phone and all that techno stuff that you love. Now’s the time to use them so that you can keep refreshing your supply of all the newest shiny techno gizmos. Bookmark on your computer and phone the retailers that you want to shop at to stay up on the lastest news and sales. Some retailers like Target will take coupons from your phone. And it can help keep you up to date on the sales. You can bookmark these sites and Retailmenot.com. At retailmenot.com the next time you're shopping online, just click on the link, and it'll display all of the coupons for the site that you're on. Bargain shopping at the click of a link!

These are some of the ways that I have lived and learned how to save on Black Friday. So bookmark me at www.ladiesliveandlearn.com and share your Black Friday tips and experiences below!