It’s coming! It’s coming! No, not a nuclear missile circa 1983. Black Friday is on its way. Only a few days a way. And the deals…oh the deals.

Actually, I’ve been cruising a couple of the pirate scan sites that get disgruntled employees or fame seekers (whose concept of fame is really lo-fi) to get them early copies of the ads that will be in the paper on Thanksgiving. Turns out a lot of the Friday deals aren’t that impressive. At least ot on kids toys. There are some gems hidden in there, especially when it comes to electronics and some jewelry and clothes. But toys…not so much. We have actually finished toy shopping for all three kids and there’s not a Friday price that beats any of the early Toy Book and coupon-based sales we’ve tracked. Mostly Target with a little Toys R Us. Supplement that with stuff we bought over the past year on clearance and our kids are going to get Santa-fied in a big BIG way.