black friday...
i was going to post pics but since i'm at the library using the internet, it's not going to happen...oh well. pooh and i decided to do our usual black friday shopping this year...and for the second year, we've gone with our kindred spirit shopping buddy susan. when the alarm went off at 3:30a.m., i got up right away, ready to join the other crazies out in the community, hunting bargains. we didn't have anything too major...no tvs or gaming systems, etc., but there was quite a bit of little things we wanted to pick up. luckily, jcpenney opened at 4:00 so we could stagger our shopping, since a lot of stores opened at 5. we picked susan up at 4:05 and were on our way to the mall. we walked quickly toward the "fake" magic bullets that were only going to cost us $12.88. score! we wandered around a bit after that, since no where else was open. we decided to go to shopko next, since we were already at the mall and weren't meeting steph at FM till 5:30. we stood in a civilized line, probably about 50 feet out from the entrance to the store, about 3 people wide. after 10 minutes, the door opened and what was an organized line turned into a mad dash into the store...it was either be trampled or sprint...we chose the latter. picked up a few CHEAP items and stood in the line that only got longer after us...snaking through the whole front aisle section of the store. luckily we were fast, despite the crazy lady chasing us with a cart after giving another fellow shopper a flat tire when she ran into his ankles! FM is always my favorite place on black friday. we met up with steph (you go girl!) who decided to join the crazies before work. we got lots of items 1/2 off and then decided it was safe to take a few minutes off the shopping floor to grab some free donuts. yum! found lots of stuff for my home (rubbermaid food containers, fluffy red beautiful blanket, not to mention socks, slippers, etc. for 50% off!). my mom told us to buy what we wanted and she'd pay us back and make it christmas gifts. this made shopping fun since my cash envelopes for the month are empty! we headed to the mall and went to a few different stores. found some great buys and took a break for mrs. powells till steph had to head to work. met up with pooh's old moscow roomie sarah. shopped some more. and some more. and some more. went to shoe carnival (i swore i'd never go in again, but found some nice shoes for conrad) and tjmaxx where i found some beautiful candle holders for my new house. decided it was time for lunch and went to craigos0--all you can eat salad, pasta, pizza bar. yum!! even better with a $4.99 coupon. we thought we'd call it a day and separated from sarah, ready to go take a snooze...i had a baby shower at 2. however.......on our way past goodwill, i remembered the 50% off everything sign i'd seen and we spent about 45 mins. in there. i was late to the baby shower, but luckily it was running on "African time" so i was actually early, in a sense, when i arrived at 2:15. i found a nice big coffee table for $12.50, as well as a lot of other misc. items. all in all, a FUN day. didn't cause any fights, but heard about one from a clerk about ladies fighting over a blender. my dad said someone in arkansas got killed. people are a little too hardcore for me!!! it was fun to hang out and just go with the flow, finding some good bargains. i slept like a wee babe last night........ can't wait for next year!!