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were very pleased with weekend sales, co owner Patti Dorris said."Actually, for those two days, it was better than last year," she said. "I saw a lot of new customers this year."This weekend, customers snatched a variety of items, from Christmas decorations to handbags and jewelry, Dorris said."We're a gift shop," she said, "so holiday sales are extremely important."At Heart Strings in Bowling Green, this weekend's sales increased from last Black Friday sales, owner Kathy Scariot said."It's definitely been positive," she said. "We have never seen a downturn we expect to stay strong. We expect to have increases."The gift shop recently added some new products which helped sales, but customer traffic still would have been heavy regardless of the additional brand names, she said.At Coach House Gifts in Greenwood Mall, customers piled through the doors Friday morning."As soon as we opened the gates, we knew we were kind of in trouble," said Sonya Wimpee, local coordinator for Hallmark, the shop's parent company. "We were kind of amazed; we weren't expecting it."This year, stores opened at different times. Some retailers, such as Toys "R" Us, opened at midnight Friday and others opened a few hours later."Overall, we had a good weekend here. Friday just started it all," she said.Nationwide, retail sales rose 0.5 percent compared to last Black Friday, according to news reports.And this year, retailers heavily depend on Internet sales. On Thursday and Friday, online sales reportedly increased 11 percent compared to last year.Clusters of shoppers are expected to surf their favorite retail Web sites today in observance of "Cyber Monday." Several retailers will offer special online discounts today in an attempt to further boost holiday sales, and some retailers have declared Dec.Some participating stores include Zappos, Toys "R" Us, Sears, Macy's, Kmart and American Eagle Outfitters. It's an effort to generate sales between Black Friday and Christmas."November and December are two of our biggest months of the year," Dillingham said. "The importance hasn't let up at all. We've still got 24 very important days ahead."Local BBB officials say buyer beware on Cyber MondayLEXINGTON, Ky.