You know Black Friday is one of my favorite days of the year—it’s the one day of the year that I don’t complain about waking up early. Ordinarily, I’m not a morning person but every year, I hop out of bed the day after Thanksgiving excited to start my shopping! Lately, though, it’s more like staying up all night. It seems Black Friday has morphed into Thanksgiving Night as stores open earlier each year.

The store opening time is vital information to allow you to create a Black Friday action plan—it helps you determine where to go first and how to navigate between locations. Check out these sale start times, but call your location to confirm (last year, I showed up at Old Navy in plenty of time to get their freebie, but my store opened 2 hours later than advertised!):

Thanksgiving: Thursday, November 25th

Black Friday: Friday, November 26th

It looks like I’ll be hitting up Toys R Us, Old Navy, then Target. The rest will depend on the specific sale items & the rest of my shopping crew. (Hey, Mom! Where are we going after that?) Where will you begin the day?

Information compiled from BlackFriday.info, GottaDeal and store websites.