Black Friday...

So, I did something today I thought I'd never do. I got up and went shopping on the busiest shopping day of the year, Black Friday. As most of you know, I am NOT a huge shopper. I like to avoid going anywhere near stores the day after Thanksgiving. This year, however, I went with my friend Kim. We had a few things we wanted to get and one of our friends wanted the laptop they were selling at a fabulously cheap $350. Our friend got to the store at 2 am. We thought she was a little bit crazy....we showed up around 2:45 am (we didn't want her to just sit there waiting by herself....). We pretty much thought we'd be the only people there for quite some time...boy were we wrong. We were the second ones in line, and by 3 am, there were at least fifteen people there. By 4:30 am there were between 30 and 50 people there, and by 7 am, the line was wrapped around the side of the building. It was insane!!! The doors opened at 8 am. The first 100 people got gift cards and once you were at the register checking out, for every $100 you spent, you got $20 off your purchase. Not too shabby. Our friend got her laptop and Kimberly and I got what we needed. We were shopping for our work holiday party (giveaway prizes and whatnot). We ended up getting done with everything at around 11 am. The checkout lines were massivly long. They took forever to get through. All in all, this was a once in a lifetime thing for me. It was not a horrible day, but it was long! I will go back to my usual avoidance of any stores from now on. The day after Thanksgiving will be reserved for decorating for Christmas from now on. I hope all of you had a fabulous Thanksgiving!!!