Black Friday Tips

To survive Black Friday you must start preparations the night before,

First, clear off a section of the kitchen or dining room table to spread out the ads from Thrusday's paper so that you can make a plan of action.

Second, lay out clothes you might want to wear depending upon the weather. It might be cold and snowy or the cold front may have stalled and summer like temperatures are still hanging on. Don't forget to hang you winter coat on the front door handle. Sneaking out to get the morning paper with any last minute ads or to start the car is much warmer wearing a coat.

Third, get everything ready for morning coffee; even cereal boxes and bowls laid out waiting. Just grab the milk on the way to the table and you will have saved several precious seconds.

Fourth, take a shower or bath the night before - saves many minutes of time in the morning plus it is so relaxing.

Fifth, back the car into the garage - much easier to pull out then backing out, especially if the windows are frosted.

Sixth, take a nap the afternoon/evening before - no reason to even try and sleep more than a few hours before your epic journey. If you are lucky you will be done and back home in bed by 7 A.M. Just lay back for a few winks and you'll be sure to wake at the right time. The excitement will wake you at the right time and the extra heavy Thanksgiving Day meal you stuffed yourself with, will help you sleep like a baby until it is time to wake.

Seventh, when you do wake, the coffee will be waiting to purcolate, you can simply brush all the ads from the table into the trash can and move the cereal and bowl into the empty spot. You can hang your winter coat back in the closet. You can sit around eating leftovers without need of a shower since you bathed the evening before and you can be Thankful all over again for all the money and time you saved by just sleeping in.

The one thing I forgot, set an alarm clock, makes life so much easier.

To survive Black Friday, don't go.