Black Friday Haul I

Yes, we were THOSE people you have read about and seen on the news, waiting in line for stores to open at midnight on 'Black Friday' (minus the weapons, trampling and only a little shoving). For us however, it was more about the experience than the deals. We love to shop, then throw in saving a few bucks and it was a done deal!

We decided to go pretty much on a whim. Michelle was a Black Friday virgin (home girl had on 4" heeled boots and was expecting to last all night shopping in them), and I had only gone Black Friday shopping once before. We had no game plan, just did a very general search on the Internet and paid for our rookie mistakes. We had no interest in the electronics and appliances everyone was hyped up about. We were going for clothes and beauty products. That being said, our first two stops were a bust: Target and Kohls.

After waisting time wandering amongst the masses at Kohls and Target, plus making a quick pit stop back at my place to switch out Michelle's high heeled boots for my Havaianas, we headed to the mall, where we should have started in the first place.

Both Michelle and I being very big fans of H & M had made it our top priority. The store had been open already when we arrived, however they were only allowing a few people in at a time. When we saw how ridiculously long the line was, we decided I would stay and hold our spot while Michelle ran around the rest of the mall (in my chanclas) to get the scoop on the other stores.

Finally making it inside H & M felt amazing. Compared to their normal prices, you can definitely say they had deals. Select clothing for as little as $5? Don't mind if I do! Unfortunately, most of the insanely low priced items had already been snatched up by the time we got in. Even so, we managed to snag a few items as shown below.

Another store on our radar was the ever popular Forever 21. They had not advertised any to die for deals on-line, but we figured we were there already, so why not stop in to look and good thing we did. We raided the sale section only to find out when we got to the register there was an additional 50% off the sale items... SCORE!

These are a few of our finds:

Scarf: H&M, Cream  Cardigan: H&M

Knit Cream Pullover: H&M

Mint Cardigan: H&M

Burgundy Cardigan: H&M, Black and White Panel Skirt: Forever 21 

Mustard Beret: H&M

Hot Pink Ridged Scarf: H&M

Leopard Mary Janes: Forever 21, Cream Polka Dot Stockings: Forever 21

Black Gloves: H&M

Needless to say, we will be much better prepared for next year, should we decide to go again.