A Mommy Story

Today was Black Friday, when people everywhere give in to commercialism to venture out into the cold and pre-dawn morning, while trying to push and shove and trample their fellow human beings, all for a good deal. Yep, we did it too. I’ll admit, even I can have sheep mentality sometimes (but only for a good deal, honest! Poor folks can’t pass up $6 DVD’s!).

We started yesterday by buying a paper and grabbing the ads (News? Who cares what’s going on in the world – there’s shopping to be had!). We planned our shopping trips and made our lists.

Aaron’s scores for the day:

Kodak photo printer, at Target, so my mom can finally have copies of all the digital pics I take of her granddaughter. He also grabbed a game for Aaron’s brother and a DVD for us.

Then he fought his way over to Wal-Mart, where the first rush had already passed, and picked up two Little People sets for $10 a piece! Yay for cheap toys!

After he came back, I braved the cold for a trip to Old Navy. While I found a lot of great $10 deals, I wasn’t as lucky as Aaron with the crowds. I waited in line to checkout for one hour and fifteen minutes. Yep, I typed that correctly, one hour and fifteen minutes. The line went around the entire store.

Want proof? Here’s my position in line, 45 minutes into it. Notice the light at the end of the line? That’s the exit, and the checkout.