Think you know about all of the Black Friday store deals & sales?

Posted: 7:00 p.m. November 26, 2009

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In some circles, learning about Black Friday sales and deals can be a holiday obsession.

In others, the precise offers that some stores will have remain a bit of a mystery.

One example: On my visit to the Apple store in Briarwood Mall on Wednesday night, store employees said they'd have a Black Friday deal. They just didn't know what it was yet.

And at Bath & Body works, employees knew there would be the popular gift bag sold for $15 with a $40 purchase. They just didn't know what would be in it - since they were still in boxes in the back room - and details on the package were not released until this evening.

Then at Banana Republic, employees were expecting to have a buy one, get one free deal on cashmere sweaters. But price, style, colors - all left to shoppers to discover either online today or in stores when the open early Friday.

So despite the weeks of hype about specific Black Friday deals, many retailers are successful at holding back - and keeping a sense of discovery for shoppers who opt to go to the stores at hours when they'd normally be sleeping.

It looks like several popular Black Friday Web sites haven't been updated today with some of these deals, but here's one that seems to have many of them.