Last couple of years I went to Best Buy for PC software that was on sale - each year by midmorning, the local suburban BB was busy, but not crowded, and I was able to be in and out in 15 minutes. This year, looked at their ad . . .
nada. Nothing I was interested in.
Ditto for all the regular department stores and such . . . as usual. (Sorry, I'm not going to spend hours in line and in crowds to save $10 on a pair of pants.) Sadly, the pressure washer I've been considering at Home Depot
still hasn't gone on sale.
I went to Cabela's early this week - they had Federal American Eagle .223 on sale for $5.99/box (Cabela's retail store will price match the Cabela's website) but I had a couple of coupons and some Cabela's bucks, so I got a couple of hundred rounds for a little under $4/box, plus tax. Combined that with a trip to Borders (They sent me a $10 coupon "just because") and another side trip or two.
BTW, if you live anywhere near a Cabela's, join Cabela's Club, if only for the coupons they send . . . despite their routinely high prices, if you combine coupons with Cabela's Bucks and sales, you can sometimes work a deal.