Oh Yes We Did

It's Black Friday!  

I usually enjoy getting up early and knocking out some of my Christmas shopping.  This year, I didn't think I was quite prepared for that though.  In order to take full advantage of the day, you really need to have a plan--where do I want to go and what do I need to get?  I haven't had a plan yet this year.  Prior to this Thanksgiving trip, I had done exactly 0% of my Christmas shopping.  Not only did I have none of my shopping done, I didn't have any idea what I was planning to buy. 

BUT, I'm always up for a challenge.  As I was looking through the sale ads with my sister-in-law, Shelly, we saw that Old Navy was opening at 3:00 a.m.  Now, in the past, I've been at the mall at 6:00 a.m. but I have never done 3:00 a.m.!  And to top it all off, they were giving away Lego Rock Band  to a very limited number of guests.  I love a free giveaway!  So, we quickly came up with a plan.  My girls and my 2 nieces were on board as well.  They have never done the Black Friday thing, so this was a new adventure for them.  

We set our alarms for 1:00, left the house at 1:30 and were in line outside of Old Navy at 2:00.  It was 34 degress and we were ill prepared for that, but thank goodness I always have a couple of blankets in the back of my van!  

There were 16 people in line in front of us.  The doors opened, we joined into the Christmas shopping frenzy and left with a good start on our Christmas shopping (AND the giveaway X 6!)

Next stop--Target--opening time 5:00 a.m. We split up, and retrieved everything on our list.  Mission accomplished!

Final stop--Urban Outfitters.  All sale items were 50% off the lowest price.  We found some great buys there, too.  

We arrived back to the house at 7:30.  Half of the family was still asleep, so we all crashed for a few hours. 

It's great to be about halfway done with my Christmas shopping.

But, even better--it's awesome to create a fun family memory.  

                                            
 

Comments

[Betty]

You all are really "die hard" shoppers. I waited until about noon to go to the mall. I found a good parking place, walked to the one store where I was going to shop, picked up my items, paid for them and was driving away in about 20 minutes.