I picked up some M18 Forge batteries at Home Depot. Their Black Friday sale started on Nov 5th but the website kept showing a lot of the "get one free" specials as out of stock. I kept coming back and checking and finally the Forge batteries showed up for a minute before disappearing again.

For anyone into power tools:

The older m18 milwaukee batteries don't balance the charge between cells and as a result the ones rated over 5ah have a high number failures. The Forge batteries use flat cells instead of 18650s and other than being a little wider are far superior in every way.

It burns my bacon that milchinee keeps selling the old 8ah+ batteries even though they are a total scam, and if I had to do it all over again I would have invested in Makita. Hopefully this helps somebody out.

-29% off Boyt  21" x 10" Contender pistol case. $26.62 + tax, free shipping via Amazon.

I've carried the same pocket knife for over 20 years and thinking about switching to an OTF knife.  What are a few good websites to look at?  Thanks

Microtech Ultratech. buy once. cry once. I cried 4 times 

2 handgun soft cases
beef jerky
trail mix

was supposed to get 5 amazon packages and one ebay package today
got the first amazon and the ebay one via usps early this morning
was waiting for the other 4 amazons, but just got an email that one is delayed until tomorrow

just got a dental supply order that had nothing to do with black friday...

one amazon was delivered with my supplies via ups
another amazon came via their truck
now the last two from today re coming tomorrow...

was supposed to get 5 amazon packages and one ebay package today
got the first amazon and the ebay one via usps early this morning
was waiting for the other 4 amazons, but just got an email that one is delayed until tomorrow

just got a dental supply order that had nothing to do with black friday...

My wife and I are looking into buying a play tent for our grandkids.  Good Black Friday prices.

She told me to pick one.  So I chose one I thought would be good.

Turns out it is a play tent for girls.

My two grandkids are boys.......

 

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There have been lots of pre-Thanksgiving Black Friday "sale" videos on YT demonstrating how some stores are simply replacing the everyday sales prices signs with "Black Friday Special" signs -- but with the exact same prices as before.

https://youtube.com/shorts/_K5IAPDsOYI

ammo cans from amazon. saved a few dollars. i need to sort out my gun stuff anyways
also got a few large storage boxes at costco
got a shirt, hat, and a ccw fanny pack from 5.11

WE knife from Knife Center

Bought a bunch of trauma aid supplies and kit from Dark Angel Medical using my FSA funds and BF specials.

Nothing spectacular, kayak hoist, smoke alarms. Vertx pants.

I got a few canisters of the freeze dried strawberries for $17 for give aways.  Use em to make desserts, smoothies, or eat em for snacks.

https://www.amazon.com/Augason-Farms-Freeze-Sliced-Strawberries/dp/B008945XB0?th=1

I finally broke down and bought a power washer because there have been a lot of messes to clean up recently.