We want your plans, tips, memories and photos of Black Friday shopping

It's becoming as synonymous with Thanksgiving as turkey, football, and unbuckling your belt. Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, is the crazy, chaotic, consumer extension of the holiday and it's getting crazier and more chaotic every year.

Last year alone, it's estimated that 152 million people shopped on Black Friday spending more than 11 billion dollars. This year could be even bigger with some stores opening their doors Thursday night before the turkey has even gotten cold. Are you shopping on Black Friday?

Where are you going? What are you looking for? What's your strategy for getting the best bargains? We want to hear from you. If you'd rather not share your secrets, let us hear your stories. How do you spend the day? Do you and your family make Black Friday shopping a tradition? Do you wear matching clothes or plan lunch dates after your purchases have been made. To share your stories and pictures for publication in this blog email: tracy.briggs@forumcomm.com. Who know? We might use them on our "Black Friday Blog" or even in one of Forum Communication Company's print products!

Happy shopping!

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