Black Friday

Posted by Kristin Abraham Nov 25, 2006

Normally I spend the Friday after thanksgiving shopping with my mom and/or sister. This year we had the sudden realization that we wouldnt be shopping together. Which was a little disappointing. I mean we've got it down to a science with ads scanned, clipped, organized and plan of attack thoroughly agreed upon. And in times of extreme lines, one of us stands while the other shops. We are a well oiled shopping machine.

Since I have no ideas for christmas presents this year (except one) I wasn't that upset about missing Black Friday. I had a lot of work to do anyway as Thursday was lost and I may have a house guest this weekend, so there were things to do.

Early in the morning my friend called and we headed to Menards. We both have wood floor projects on the horizon and Menards was advertising a great sale. The store was so busy we had to park across the street in the Taco Bell lot. Then we dodged traffic as people spun around in the parking lot, not willing to walk across the street in the unseasonably beautiful morning. And once inside the crowds became damn near lethal. We threaded out way to the flooring section and nothing seemed to be on sale so we got out of there and went our separate ways.

This was fine with me until about 3pm when I got the itch. Really? I was going to spend Black Friday working? I wasn't going to spend a dime? I jumped in my car and headed to Home Depot. I'd just look at the flooring there, maybe there was a sale but the stuff I wanted is just so expensive. And I'd pick up one of those Rosemary trees and a tiny pine.

And then I got to the store. I have to say it was the kid that helped me in flooring that made me decided to order my floor. Yes, the expensive stuff. I didn't realize they didn't keep it in stock so I placed my order. At that point I was over the cliff. I headed to kitchens and ordered my new countertop. Then the girl who helped me walked me to the checkout. It's probably good that she did because I was going to pick up some wood stain and a new kitchen sink (No, really! I was!). But her inadvertent intervention was probably a good thing.

I'm actually very excited about my purchases and I even got a Home Depot card to save myself 10%. No buyers remorse here. If anything I'm just a little disappointed that it will take between 3 and 6 weeks for my new purchases to arrive.

I think I can safely say that Black Friday was a success...for me anyway.