We went. The "we" was my sister and me. We hadn't been since she was pregnant back in 2006 (right?) and we had gone for a few years up until then. And then we didn't go for a while. I'm not sure if it was because plans kept us apart on Fridays or we just had enough of the crazies and needed a reprieve, but for whatever reason, this was our first venture back into the madness of the start of the holiday shopping season in a few years.
At first, I had no intentions of going. Emy mentioned something about heading out, but I was unsure of my level of commitment and stamina due to being just about 6 months pregnant (tomorrow!). But then, I got a second wind...first wind? Was there even wind at this point? Nevermind. I got motivated to go and there were some deals Em wanted to score like the 32" flat screen at Target for $250. I really had nothing pending I wanted, but Black Friday shopping is no one man task. So I was all set to go! Then she broke the news of what time we were heading out. 4am.
4am!
Also please note that we were doing Thanksgiving at Mom's later that day, so we still had cooking turkey, potatoes, green beans, etc. to accomplish that day.
So I reluctantly agreed to be up and ready and pick her up at Mom's at 4am so we could get to Target no later than 4:30am for the 5am opening.
When we got to Target, I first saw no line of people, though I did see plenty of cars. Well, there was a line. What I thought was a long line. But, by the time 5am rolled around, the line had grown to at least 1 mile long, wrapping around the entire store. Our goal was a tv, though being about 100 people back and hearing the store manager talk about no running, pushing, biting (yes, biting), we were skeptical of our chances on the tv front. So we figured out what else we would shoot for ($3 toaster, blender for mom, husband gifts, maybe sheets?). We got into the store and we were off. No, there was no real running, though my sister did run about 3 steps in the end, rebel...but I was on cart duty and she planned on heading straight to the tv section, which according to our maps was to be located in maternity on this cold morning. I lost her in the crowd in my attempts at cutting people off to get a cart (sorry) but when I caught up with her, she was smiling, and hauling a big tv box back through the racks! SCORE! We got one of the probably 25 tvs available, that literally were gone by 5:02am.
We also managed to pick up everything else on the list and got in the long long line by 5:20am (I was the time keeper) and by 6am, we were back at home with our loot, ready for the day!
Oh Black Friday, you may be crazy, but we former Evans' girls heart you so!
erin
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