The best Black Friday deals so far...

I'm a casual Black Friday shopper for the most part. I don't plan our meals around shopping or anything, I always go to stores that are opening later in the night, where we aren't rushing dinner, just because I don't think it's fair to anyone. What I do plan though is where will be the best place for me to go, obviously. I go through countless Black Friday ads and weigh the pros and cons. Thanks to blackfriday.com I can get prepared with plenty of time beforehand. Not very many ads are out just yet but here are some of my favorites so far...check back because I'll be adding more as they come out! While they aren't exclusive deals, these are some of the best, and I've weeded them out and compared them to other prices and stores.


Kohl's: opening at 6 pm Thursday
Kohl's is offering $15 Kohl's cash for every $50 spent (they usually offer $10 for every $50)

• Fisher Price toys: 50% off 
• Playskool toys: 50% off
• Mega Bloks first builder's tub: $24.99 (originally $49.99)
• All bedding sets will be 50-70% off - I love their LC by Lauren Conrad line 
• KitchenAid mixers: Their Artisan 5 qt. stand mixer will be $299.99* (originally $449.99) The Classic stand mixer will be $199.99* (originally $349.99) Their Pro 600 stand mixer will be $399.99*(originally $549.99) And all of them have an additional 10% off *After $50 mail in rebate. 

Target: opening at 6 pm Thursday
Target gift cards will be 10% off from 6 am-12 pm on Friday. They are offering early access to deals for one day only today (the 10th) along with a pre-sale on November 26th. You will also be able to use Cartwheel for extra Black Friday deals and if you're a REDcard holder you will still get an extra 5% off your purchase - Everyone needs to have a REDcard, I'm serious. We have it as a debit card, so no interest, and we always get free shipping on top of the 5% off.

Read more here: http://www.heraldonline.com/2014/11/10/6512651/target-announces-biggest-most.html?sp=/100/773/385/#storylink=cpy

• Target will also have KitchenAid's Classic stand mixer for $199.99 but it won't have Kohl's extra 10% off, as well as their Kohl's cash. 
• Britax Marathon G4 convertible car seat: $180 (originally $259.99)
• Little Tikes trampoline: $39.99 (originally $59.99) I'm actually thinking of getting this for Braxton!
• $10 girl's and toddler girl's boots
• $5 kids' and toddlers' 2 piece pajama sets
• This Audi 6V ride on toy will be $129 which saves you $60
• All picture frames will be 50% off 
• All single roll holiday wrapping paper will be buy 1 get 1 free on Saturday - great deal! 

AC Moore: opening at 5 am Friday
Make sure you grab AC Moore's printed ad for additional coupons (60% off any one regular priced item and 40% off your total regular priced purchase)

• Wilton Recipe Right 3 pc. cookie trays: $6.99 (originally $19.99)
• Winter floral will be 50% off - perfect time to get stuff to decorate with, I'm getting stuff to decorate our wreath!

JCPenney: opening at 5 pm Thursday
JCPenney is offering $20 bonus cash for every $75 spent. They're giving out a free $10 off $10 coupon which is nice, and 1 in every 100 coupons will give you $100.

Their KitchenAid mixer deals are like the others seen, but Kohl's seems to have the "best" deal so far on them.

I'm not too in love with much of anything here...and they open at 5 pm on Thanksgiving, which is pretty lame. Checking out their ad, I wanted to point out that they have Carter's baby clothes for 50% off...that is not a great deal really. Considering that Carter's themselves have their clothes for 50% off along with extra coupons, and other stores often have Carter's for sale like that as well.