The Thanksgiving leftovers were probably not even cold by the time some shoppers started lining up at Wareham Crossing for Black Friday sales.

Carly Medas came to the shopping center from Taunton around 9 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day to meet up with friends who had staked out places in line earlier in the day.

Their position in line allowed them to sit on the bench in front of Old Navy and the group came prepared with hats, scarves, blankets, and a sleeping bag to keep warm. Other people in line around them had brought lawn chairs. Next door at the Best Buy at least one person had set up a tent.

"In the past I've been in lines where people have had bonfires," Medas said.

In an effort to cover the maximum amount of ground and score the best deals, the group also had people waiting in line at Target and at Best Buy, where the line stretched all the way around the building to the Lowe's parking lot at around 11:30 p.m.

"She's graduated now," Medas joked of her friend's niece who was waiting in line at the Best Buy, her first time waiting alone during Black Friday.

She was also showing the ropes to her friend's 10-year-old daughter Cydney Draper, of Middleborough, who was experiencing her first Black Friday.

"We had drop-offs," Draper said. "We got here at 7:30."

Draper added that she was excited to experience her first Black Friday since her mother and Medas have done it so many times.

Medas said that she liked the drop-offs and shifts the group had planned because it allowed her to finish up Thanksgiving with her family in Taunton and get over to Wareham Crossing in plenty of time.

"It's good to have multiple people so you don't lose your place in line," she said.

Medas, who has done Black Friday shopping for four years, was within the first ten people in line at Old Navy, which made her eligible to receive a free digital camera that the store was handing out to its first 20 customers. She said she was looking for $5 fleeces and $1 scarves.

"We love our kids," Medas said of her reason for participating in hectic Black Friday shopping.

Though past Black Fridays across the country have resulted in some shoppers getting trampled, Medas said she's never been scared, not even during her excursion to Walmart last year, where she had to run through the store to snatch up one of a limited number of TVs and laptops.

"People were probably scared of me," she joked.