Black Friday Deals

update: Big Lots will have the Cricut Create machine for $99 on Thanksgiving day (7am-8pm).

The Walmart Expression deal is on new color Expression machines (black, red, green and blue). The cartridges on sale are Designer's Calendar, Everyday Paper Dolls, Ashlynn's Alphabet, A Child's Year, From My Kitchen, Jubilee, Sweethearts, and Winter Woodland. You can go to http://www.walmart.com/ and see the map for the Black Friday setup for your store.
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Here are the Black Friday Cricut Deals I have found. Michaels starts Thanksgiving night with their cartridge deals.

Michael’s – starts Thursday 5-9pm
Cricut Cartridges $27.99 and $35.99
Cricut Personal Cutter (Original) $97.99
Gypsy $249.99

Wal-Mart – starts Friday at 5am

FYI, these will be out in the aisles with the Black Friday deals, not in the regular scrapbooking area. You can go to www.walmart.com and see the map for the Black Friday setup for your store. You can also ask for a map at the door.
Cricut Expression Electronic Cutter - $188 - in black, red, green and blue
Cricut cartridges - $30 (Designer's Calendar, Everyday Paper Dolls, Ashlynn's Alphabet, A Child's Year, From My Kitchen, Jubilee, Sweethearts, and Winter Woodland)

JoAnns – starts Friday
Cricut Cartridges $28.88
Cricut Personal Cutter (Original) $74.88
Cricut Expression Electronic Cutter $249.99

Hobby Lobby – Friday and Saturday
Cricut Cartridges $39.99

Big Lots - Thursday
Cricut Create Cutter $99

Here are my tips for Black Friday shopping:
Plan - research all the sales and make your plan of attack. Plan out what time you need to be at each store.
Prepare - If you are going to any of the 5am sales, prepare before you go to bed (take your shower, choose your clothes, do everything you can possibly do the night before because 5am comes early).
Go! - When the alarm goes off, get up and go! I find that it is best to get any Black Friday shopping done by lunch. Most people don't start until then.