•• Pretty Distraction ••

I braved it… like I do every year. And every year, I say… “I’m not going out in the madness THIS year”. Yet, every year I find at least ONE thing that I simply *must* have. It’s like an addiction. I don’t really like shopping. Well, get me in an electronics store, or books, or purses and I can shop for hours and hours. Otherwise? no thank you. I’d rather shop online. I don’t like going to the malls… I used to when I was a teen, but I’ve long outgrown those days. Anyway… this year, i was excited to go through all the Black Friday ads. I was sure there were going to be tons of things listed that I *had* to have. To my surprise, there were but a few. — So, after cooking Thanksgiving Dinner… eating a delicious meal (yes, I’m bragging on myself here -lol- it was my first Thanksgiving Meal by myself).. then cleaning up the mess… take a much needed nap. I was preparing my strategy. I had to go to two places… Radio Shack and The Devil’s house… some may know this place by it’s nicer name… “Wal-Mart”.  So, at 4:15am off I go — first stop, Wal-Mart. Only needed to grab a few things, didn’t take long at all.. surprisingly, I got what I needed and all back in the car within 45 minutes. WOOHOO! Then, off I am across the street to Radio Shack. Only 2 people in line. YES, this is my day. LOL — so, I’m standing inline the store opens at 6am. That’s right, not 5:55am even though there were 20 employees there. Oh no. When they say 6:00am, they MEAN 6:00am sharp. The door oepns, and we rush in. I go directly to the side of the store for mp3 players. *GASPS* they have only ONE of the one that I want! My hand grasps it firmly and I’m not letting go! People swarm in behind me and trying to reach around me…. grabbing and pushing. I calmly, let them know that the Radio Shack person has to unlock the rack for them to come off. (umm DUH, you think I’m just standing here for my freaking health??). Anyway… The employee comes over and notices me, hell he should, I’ve been here since forever. He unlocks my mp3 player and takes it to the counter…. others’ are screaming “i want this one, I want that one” and he says — I’ll come back after I check her out. HAHHAHAHAHAHA -grins- So, with all that said and done, I got both items that I wanted and was out of the store in 15 minutes! I drive myself home in a daze (I’ve not slept except an hour earlier….) and get home… unload the car, and change clothes (halfway) and fall into bed. Ahhhh, another Black Friday Down. — I’m not going next year! (Yeah right…lol)

Now comes the time that I gotta start figuring out what to buy everyone. Part of me wants to do gift cards for everyone… but, that’s kinda boring. So, who knows. I’m not giving any hints here… (family might read this) LOL

If you’ve not shopped on a Black Friday before, you really should give it a shot. Sure, it’s a pain, but it’s also exciting. People are crazy… and I do mean CRAZY. There were fights at some stores… kids and adults both. Sure, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 is nice… but COME ON!! And yeah, the $99.99 laptop was cool too.. but it’s not worth fighting over. LOL  So if you go next year, best of luck! My advice? go with another person… divide and conqour!

… well testosterone is busting at the seams (I’m at Buffalo Wild Wings and FOOTBALL is on every tv that the eye can see). so I’m outta here for now

~S