Big Deal

So I did Black Thursday shopping with Kohl's, Target and Sears this morning. I'm amazed I'm still conscious. I didn't go to sleep, but instead headed over to Waffle House at 2 a.m. for breakfast and ad perusing. After picking up hot chocolate to go, I joined the Kohl's line. Once the door opened, I was inside almost immediately, and was almost immediately run down by a karate shopper with a cart.

Aaaaah, bargain-hunting.

I finished there in less than an hour and joined the Target line. Again, near the front, I had a much less positive experience with that line, as we were on the north side of a building in a zippy north wind. Oh, and people who cut in line suck.

Then off to Sears for stuff for JJ. Thank God he picked the things out, because I don't speak Hardware. Everyone there was so nice and friendly and relaxed, probably because it's only a Sears Hardware store and not the full department store. Otherwise we'd have been mobbed by mommas going after daddy gifts between getting the hot new electronics items and the big clothes markdowns.

I was done by 6:30 and back home in time to pick JJ up and drop him at the park and ride.

A brief three hour nap, and then I was up for the day, getting the tire fixed (I needed three new ones and apparently a front-end alignment to be done in the near future) and cleaning and trying to recover. My back's a little sore from all the standing in line, and I didn't follow any of my resolutions from last year except for getting there earlier, but at least I knocked out a few things on the list and can take a few days off before going out and braving the crowds again. I hear Tuesdays are pretty good shopping days.

Anyone get any good deals yet?