The Black Friday Saga

After battling a headache all day Thursday, I got out there for the "best day of the year" when it comes to shopping. We left about 10:30 on Thursday night and headed to the Allen outlet mall which was INSANE. Can I just say how lucky we were to find a parking spot at 11:15. We hit Tommy Hilfiger and the Nike store which took 2 hrs between the two of them. The lines were atrocious but thankfully with two people, one can get in line and you can take turns shopping as the line moves along. We headed to Old Navy to be there when they opened at 3 and when we got there at 1:30 there were already 50 people in line. I made an executive decision that that was too many so we headed to Grapevine Mills mall. We did some shopping there and then made our way to Walmart. BIG MISTAKE! I have never been to Walmart on Black Friday and probably never will again! It was amazing how many people managed to cram themselves into a megastore. And to top it off, they could not find what I wanted to buy. I ended up with a raincheck until they can locate the pallet.

After that nonsense, we headed to Sears and JC Penney and when we walked out the sun was up. Academy was next and was nice enough to match the price of what I wanted to get at Sports Authority as well so that saved us a trip. The lines at Kohls were crazy but we managed to time it just right and got out of there fairly quickly. We ran into Home Depot so Amy could get her washer and dryer (which she got a great deal on) and then I took her home. I ran by Costco to get a tv for a friend and stopped back in Walmart to see if they had found the elusive pallet yet (with no luck) before heading home. I crawled into bed around noon after cramming everything I bought into the storage unit. While I was sleeping the kids raided the van and much to their dismay the only thing in it was some outfits I had gotten for them. They sulked the rest of the evening thinking I had not gotten them anything until Brian spilled the beans (SHOCKINGLY!) that everything was hidden at the storage unit.

I did manage to cross quite a few people off my list and found some great deals but seemed to be two steps behind most of the people that were looking for the same things I was. After some minor adjustments I ended up with some good stuff. Now hopefully I can guard the key to the storage unit for the next month so that Brian doesn't get a wild hair and decide to take the kids for a little exploration field trip...