Some North Texans started lining up outside stores before dawn Friday morning to try to secure "Black Friday" deals. Some stores adjusted their hours, opening earlier than usual.
At a Best Buy near I-20 and Chisholm Trail Parkway in Fort Worth, people started lining up about 4 a.m., an hour before the store opened.
"It's fun. You kind of watch all the crazies, too," one woman said as she stood in line with her daughter. "You try not to be them."
With temperatures in the 30s Friday morning, some say they waited in the car, but by the time they had joined the line, they were too far back to get the item they wanted.
"I was looking for a PS5, but they don't have it," one man said. "We normally come on Friday if my daughter says she wants something. I'll come here and look at it."
At the Kohl's in the same complex, one woman said she had already started Christmas shopping earlier this week, but she was waiting on more sales to start Friday morning.
"I've got half my stuff done, and I'm just looking for the rest of it," she said.
"I'm tired," her granddaughter said.
Another woman says she wanted to get her Christmas shopping done early because she had noticed supply chain issues hitting stores earlier this month.
"Yesterday, nothing was open. At Target, the shelves were not stocked. Some of the stores are having problems," she says.
In October, the U.S. Department of Commerce said Americans spent $638 billion at stores and restaurants. That was a record and an increase of 1.7% from September.
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