Your 4-Point Checklist for Crushing Black Friday

A few years ago, late in the day on Black Friday, my wife and I were at Target. We weren't looking for anything in particular, but we ended up leaving with a stack of sub-$10 appliances.

We bought two toasters (the old pop-up kind), two coffee makers, and a low-end handheld blender. One of the toasters still sits on our counter (next to a much-nicer toaster oven), but the other items ended up in offices where we no longer work, and at least one coffee maker was thrown away when we moved to a smaller home.

Spending, maybe $40 on impulse buys did not break our annual, or even our holiday budget, but the event did show how easily things can go off the rails.

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