Black Friday Madness

Thanksgiving was great. We went to my Grandmother’s house and ate tons of food. Isabella had 3 huge pieces of turkey and that’s it. She is definitely a meat eating girl, unlike her mother.

After dinner we went home and I took a 2 hour power nap, then it was on to Black Friday shopping madness. (While I was napping, Dave started his online shopping).  First stop on my list was Toys R Us. I didn’t have anything specific to get (everyone always asks me because they think I’m crazy for going). I got there around 11:50 and had to wait in line outside until about 12:10am.  There were no carts left so I had to carry a giant plastic bag. (It turned out to be a good thing because it forced me to not go overboard on toys because I didn’t want to carry it)! The line to check out was long, which is always expected, but it only took about 30 minutes. After Toys R Us, I headed to Target. I had to park in the Kohls lot and again there were no carts. I wasn’t planning on getting anything big so I thought I wouldn’t need a cart anyway. But, after I got 3 huge rolls of wrapping paper I decided a cart would be a good thing because in that crowd carrying 3 rolls of wrapping paper was dangerous! I asked an employee about carts and she sent me to the parking lot (and watched my loot while I was out there). After about 5 minutes of stalking shoppers in the lot I found a cart, ran back to my things and continued shopping. I didn’t see a line so I figured it couldn’t be that bad. I was wrong. I headed to the line and realized that it started all the way in the back of the store and weaved in and out of every single aisle on the check-out side of the store. Now if it had at least gone through aisles that were interesting I wouldn’t have minded, but I do not enjoy standing in the adult diaper aisle for 30 minutes. I finally got to check out after 2.5 hours.

Next stop was Boscovs. I parked my car by the jewelry entrance. They opened at 4am, and there was only 1 other car. I thought I would be able to walk right in, no lines. Well, at 3:55 I headed to the door to find out that the “line” started inside the mall. When I got inside I was number 455 to get in. The line went fast though and I won a free blanket (which is warm but the color is awful). I met my Mom around 5am, and the shopping bonanza began. We shopped at Boscovs until 7:45, than went to breakfast. After breakfast I went home, said hi to Isabella and Dave, than took a nap. I woke up at 12pm, and headed to Colonie Center. It was so crowded. Went to 2 stores, came home and slept from 3-6, woke up and had dinner then went back to bed for the night.

It was a very busy, but very productive Black Friday. Isabella is done (well expect for a few little things).

So happy that Christmas is coming! I love this time of year.