Help Wanted: Black Friday Shoppers to Share Their Stories

If you're one of those people — you know the ones — and you're planning to be out at 10 p.m. Thursday or 4 a.m. Friday to fight other shoppers in the Black Friday Royale, we're looking for you.

Yes, you.

Patch would like to give you a tote bag, $10 coffee gift card and a free stainless steel water bottle if you'd tell our readers your story.

So email chris.winston@patch.com if you're willing to do these three things in exchange for some free Patch swag:

1. Send us an email on Tuesday or Wednesday to share your shopping plan or strategy.

2. Tweet or email us photos and descriptions while you're out shopping, updating us on the traffic, the lines, etc.

3. And send us an email on Friday telling us how you did, your successes and failures.

If that sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you. In exchange, we'd love to help you stay caffeinated and hydrated on your Black Friday adventures.