Robert and I spent Thanksgiving with his family this year, and it was great! We had just gotten home from Oregon the weekend before, and Robert had just driven back the day before. We hadn't seen them in months, and Kaylee was a bit shy, but we still had all the fun and food that Thanksgiving promises.
Soon after the Thanksgiving feast had ended at Robert's parents' house the black Friday adds made their appearance. I have never been one for the whole "going at 3am to sit in line until 6 to save a few dollars" thing. But this year, Robert had gotten a big bonus check from his employer and we wanted to use it for things we have wanted since we got married. So, black Friday seemed the best time to get the things we "needed" at the lowest price we could.
I have never personally been shopping on black Friday, and always wondered why Robert insisted it was so much fun. Lack of sleep + long lines + crazy people = not a whole lot of "fun" in my mind.
Everyone decided that we would head to Walmart for our earliest shopping. In fact, we had gotten information that we should get to the store to stand/sleep in line as early as 10pm Thanksgiving night. Yeah, that made me REALLY want to go. Wow, I sound like a party pooper don't I?
After Kaylee went to bed we were all getting ready to leave and I had agreed to go just for the experience. At the last minute Robert and I decided to go on a date before going to Walmart. We got to the theater about 5 minutes after they stopped selling tickets, and were not able to do that part of our date. So we went for a late night breakfast instead.
We hadn't been on a date since going to Oregon and it was wonderful to be able to just sit and talk and laugh together. Definitely something we need to make a priority again. If only our babysitters didn't live an 1-1.5 hours away. Anyways, back to black Friday!
After dinner, I was barely able to keep my eyes open and the idea of going to sit at Walmart until morning and then being a mom for the whole day was not on my list of things to do. We decided to leave me at home, Kaylee at the grandparents house, and Robert went on his own to meet his brother and dad at Walmart. When I woke up refreshed and ready to tackle the day I was so very glad I didn't stay up all night. Maybe next year.
Robert's shopping trip was a success and we got more than we had planned to get. I think that is just the way Black Friday works.
Our biggest purchase, and the thing we have wanted since we got married:
Isn't it beautiful?!? It is a "Emerson 32" LCD 720p 60Hz HDTV" - Not quite sure what all of that means, but it is BEAUTIFUL! This is the one Robert went to stand in line for. It turned out that by 5 am when the sale started only 40 people had lined up and there were over 100 TVs available.
Just below it in the picture you can see one of the purchases we were not planning on. It is a BlueRay player. Yeah, we have all of 3 HD movies on Robert's computer so we bought a few blue rays to watch. They are quite the experience. Lord of the Rings was AMAZING!
We also finally got a nice set of tuperware containers for leftover food! We had a decent set when we first got married, but it slowly got lost and we never replaced it with another complete set. So we got these:
Minus the food......obviously. They have already come in handy putting thanksgiving food away.
Other things we got were minor like a portable hard drive to put all our pictures on so they can be put in a safe place in case of a fire or other computer disaster. I am still glad I didn't go, because I needed my sleep for the day part of Friday. I heard some good stories though that made me wish I had gone with Robert! Like a lady freaking out and having to be carried out of the store......can we say crazy??
