Get Ready For Black Friday Shopping

After Thanksgiving sales aren't just for big-ticket items, they're also a good way to stock up on your favorite craft supplies to make your own gifts, decorate your home, or gift to the crafty person on your Christmas gift list. Head out to your favorite craft store or shop online for great savings on Black Friday, Nov. 23, 2012.

Thanksgiving is over, and Black Friday is gone, but there are still great Christmas deals available... TODAY! It is cyber Monday. The following gift guide by Heather Shockney, has lots of great ideas and websites you can use to get those great cyber Monday deals.

OIf Christmas Is Months Away: Lots of Americans like to get a jump start on the holidays by shopping in June, July, or August. If you have room inside your home to store these gifts until Christmas, go right ahead and start buying whenever you have some extra money for the week left over. If you don't have room to store these gifts or if you want to take advantage of iPhone 6 2015 deals, take that extra money you have each week or month and save it. Place it in your savings account, open a Christmas club account, and so forth.

Amazon's good friday deals - Whether you are looking for electronics, items for the kitchen and home, products for the pet, fine fashion or great deals on books, stop by Amazon.com and check out the many online sales available on Sunday and Cyber Monday. Lightning Deals are also available.

While Black Friday sales in stores means fighting the crowds and long lines, many of these astronomical prices on TVs are also offered online. So if you opt to skip the excitement of in-store shopping this Black Friday, pour a cup of coffee and shop online for the big TV deals.

Local First Utah encourages everyone to shift ten percent of their spending to local stores. By doing so, the local economy gets a boost because about 40 percent of the money spent at a local store remains local compared to about 13 percent for a chain. To further encourage local shopping, Local First Utah is offering a coupon online to use at local stores. Buy Local First Week runs from November 25, 2011 to December 2, 2011.