Raymond Whitehead shops at Target for some PlayStation and XBox games for his two sons during his annual Black Friday shopping excursion. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)
After filling up on the traditional Thanksgiving meal of turkey, dressing and all the fixin’s, Albany shoppers were out in droves Thursday and Friday, getting a jump-start on their holiday shopping and spending time with family as another Black Friday arrived.
Salvation Army holiday bell-ringer Patricia Cruse gets shoppers in the holiday spirit as she entertains them at the main entrance of the Albany Mall on Black Friday. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)
A foggy morning seems to have little impact on shoppers filling the parking lot at Albany’s Toys R Us on Black Friday. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)
Customers wait patiently to check out of Albany’s JCPenny location during this year’s Black Friday. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)
A pair of bargain hunters leaves the Albany Mall on Black Friday armed with bagloads of items they found while spending the morning shopping. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)
Black Friday shoppers, from left, Stacie Mims, Chasity Hostetler and Sue Hostetler, all wearing the matching Black Friday shirts they wore over from Fitzgerald, stop for a Cinnabon break during Friday’s bargain hunting. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)
This year the shopping team of Sue Hostetler, Stacie Mims and Chasity Hostetler, who drove to Albany from Fitzgerald to do some holiday shopping, each wore one of these Black Friday T-shirts made by Kayla Huff of Douglas. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)
Sharonda Barlow scopes out a potential good deal at Albany’s JCPenny location in the Albany Mall on Black Friday. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)
Thanks to the Black Friday T-shirts they were wearing, bargain hunters, from left, Sue Hostetler, Stacie Mims and Chasity Hostetler were able to match while they hit the stores around Albany Thanksgiving night and Black Friday morning. (Staff Photo: Brad McEwen)