Black Friday.
Still recuperating from the Thanksgiving haze of meal-planning, grocery-shopping, house-tidying, and too much “quality” time with relatives, posts have been a bit . . well. . . non-existant.
So, I actually braved the Black Friday crowds yesterday morning at around 7:30. I was up already and figured I’d try to snag a couple of things on my list. Actually, the only place I went to was the local K-Mart which was selling a portable DVD player for a good price. The DVD player was something on the list for us. We have a 5+ hour car trip over X-mas, so this will preserve the last shreds of our sanity.
That’s all I got, actually. I didn’t want to be out very long because we needed to cook breakfast for our house-guests and J was coming down with a cold. I’m not sure I would have wanted to try to get up at 4:30 to be at places opening at 5:00, but it was kind of fun. Lots of moms or couples in mini-vans and SUVs. That’s who was out and about.
All I did to prepare for my shopping trip was take a shower, find the closest clothes without boogers caked on them, and alert J that I was leaving against his admonitions of “You are crazy!” But not others. There were women with festive X-mas sweatshirts on, matching jewelry, full makeup and perfectly coifed hair. This was clearly an “event” for them.
Since a lot of the stores are running Fri/Sat deals, I went out again this afternoon to several stores. I only ended up getting a gift for my 3-year-old niece (a set of magnetic dolls which you can put different clothes on) and a bedtime book for my 2 -year-old. There were a lot of people shopping, but it wasn’t unbearable.
So, did anyone else go out on Black Friday? What didya get?
I didn’t go out - and please pray for me so that I might have the strength and concentration to finish the gifts that I’m making so that I’m not forced to scramble with the crowds during “Christmas Eve Shopping.”
Um, yeah, I love this time of year, sure.
Comment by mel — November 27, 2005 @ 5:07 pm
We did….it was crazy. Shoulder to shoulder in the mall, but suprisingly less packed at Target. Bought a pair of converse and some earrings.
Comment by Amber — November 28, 2005 @ 4:44 pm