Black Friday Shopping

For the last few years I have gotten up in the middle of the night to join the crowds and crowds of people fighting over those oh so coveted deals for Christmas. Last year I went with my sweet friend Gigi and had tons of fun. We made plans to go again this year and even tried talking another friend into being crazy with us but she came up with some crazy excuse about her husband having to work and her needing to be at home with her kids ;) (just kidding Liz, you were missed though). Thanksgiving night I started debating back and forth whether the deals were really worth it this year. When my alarm went off at 3 a.m. I was still trying to decide if I REALLY wanted to go or if I wanted to stay in my warm, cozy bed for more sleep. The craziness for deals won out so I got up and joined Gigi. We went to the Wal-mart in Springville this year. I have to say, they had it managed much better this year. For the big, popular items they had lines and gave out tickets to the first people there. So much nicer than watching people push and shove and try to steal from each other like last year. For the big items they just gave you a paper with the UPC code on it so you could pay for it and then take the receipt to the garden center to pick it up. That way you could shop for the smaller things without trying to cart around a big box. This worked really well for the Barbie Jeep I ended up getting for Ally. I was glad I didn't have to try and figure out how to cart that box around especially since I could barely walk through the aisles and zillions and zillions of people. My overflowing cart made it difficult enough. When we were almost finished Gigi told me to come down an aisle with her. As I was turning around the front end of my cart bumped into a Barbie display and knocked a bunch of Barbies all over the floor. I was so embarrassed. I started cleaning them up even though all the workers told me they would get them picked up. I figured it was my mess, the least I could do was clean it up. And what was my dear, sweet friend Gigi doing while I was cleaning up? Was she helping? No, of course not. She was laughing and laughing and reaching for her camera. Here is the evidence of my mess.....



I had told her that I didn't want to see the picture on Facebook or her blog but since she didn't listen to me and posted it BOTH places, I figured I can laugh at myself too. It really was quite funny! Just my luck!!

After all this we decided we had enough and went and hid in the baby section for a while just to get away from all the people. The lines were so long we figured we'd be there for a while anyways. It also gave us a chance to look through what we had grabbed and 'weed' out the not so necessary items. It was amazing how much we both ended up giving back. I was very, very happy I went because not only did I have fun, but I got all but two items on my list. I just have a few items and stocking stuffers to get and then I am done!! Definitely worth the lack of sleep! Although, it was much harder this year to recover from the few hours of sleep I got. Must mean I am getting old!