I was at the store a few days before Thanksgiving and the man tells me that the item I wanted would be half off on black Friday. I look at him and ask what Black Friday was. He informed me it was the day after Thanksgiving (I knew that was a big shopping day, but had never heard it called Black Friday). I tell him thank you and I would come back then to buy the item. I had never before waken up early to go shopping on that day, I HATE crowds, but this year was gonna be different. So as busy as Thanksgiving was and as tired as I was, somehow I set my alarm for 5:30am. I wake up my sister and begged her to come with me. So off to Walgreens we go (who goes to Walgreens?-us, we didn’t have a good plan). I notice we are the only car in the parking lot and figure it must be due to the bad economy. After waiting for 15 minutes, my sister and I decide to go to the door and insure we get first dibs on the items (still no cars in the parking lot). As we sit at the doors with our hands opening and shutting, we chant “OPEN, OPEN”. At about 6 am we realize the store must not open till 7 am. Lesson learned: check when stores open and make a game plan prior to heading out.

So we decide to head to Target. We never checked any ads so had no idea what we would be shopping for. As we pull in to the parking lot we notice tons of cars. We quickly park and proceed to RUN! Unsure what we are running for, we felt adrenalin, we made it into the busy store. We see a line of people, and think there must be something good if we wait in that line. So we stand for 20 minutes, unsure what we are waiting for. Meanwhile, while in line we wanted to ask the lady behind us if we could see her ad, but she was marking it up like scriptures. She found joy in the fact she could be in a line, talk on her phone, plan her technique and shop for movies at the same time. I over heard her tell a lady on her phone to find her two DVD players and bring them to her (I keep that in my head). Still in line, I see a man with a rip stick. I think, OH that would be a good present for my husband, so I go get one. On my way back I notice the DVD players and grab two for that lady behind us in line. When I ask her if she wanted these DVD players, she tells her friend on the phone, “A lady just brought me DVD players, AMAZING, this is UNBELIEVABLE that some one would do that on a crazy day like today!” I could tell I made her day and it was fun to see someone find so much joy in finding good deals. Eventually we got to the front of the line, and I was able to ask the guy what we were waiting for. He said the Xbox 360, it was a hot buy. I didn’t need that, so I ask about the other stuff. He informed me those items were all normal price. I decide to buy one, since we had waited for so long (I needed it for Christmas). Lesson Learned: Don’t to stand in a line unless you know what it is for, and read ads before you go out shopping and mark those ads up (like tha lady behind me). more…

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