The place I work at had several jump drives on sale (can't really say without giving it away)...
Speaking of those crowds, I really should watch the news tonight. The bloody news choppers were hovering over the local mall at 5 a.m. taking pictures of the insane early-birds. I might as well see what woke me up.
Last I'd checked, the 8 GB flash card was pushing $800 in retail cost. Best Buy has (or perhaps had? as of Tuesday) 4 GB flash cards for $59.xx after rebate. There's a 4 GB thumb drive at Sam's Club for $89.xx, and both of these are tempting, because I have such a smallish hard drive on the old reliable here. I could back up the whole thing on a chip...