Headfirst into the madness

Mr. B decided we needed to have some of the items in the After Thanksgiving ads. I hate shopping in the first place, much less when there are that many people out and about, so I really wasn’t interested in going out. Most of the stuff he wanted was part of the 2-day sales, but there were a couple of doorbuster deals that Mr. B just had to have. So, he woke me up about 4:30 this morning to go hit the Black Friday sales. We both got dressed quickly and threw on a hat, and off we went to spend some $.

1. JCPenny’s – We got the very last doorbuster 7.5′ 1000 light (500 clear, 500 multi-color) Christmas tree and they were giving everyone who walked in the door a free Mickey Mouse snow globe.
2. American – We actually didn’t buy anything here. We went for a 42″ Hitachi plasma flat panel TV that was a 2-day special. Unfortunately, they had only had 5 of them, so they were then trying to upsell the nicer Hitachi 42″, but we weren’t up for that.
3. Best Buy – We got a 2 GB Micro SD card that my brother asked us to pick up for him for his birthday.
4. Target – We went crazy here and bought a TON of DVDs. Family Guy: Volumes 2, 3, & 4; Veronica Mars: Seasons 1 & 2; The Holiday; and Ocean’s Thirteen
5. Menards – We went to get the 5-in-1 inflatable loveseat/lounger/bed, and ended up getting not only that, but an 8′ long inflatable Santa in a low-rider car for the yard (it even bounces the front end), a leatherman/utility knife combo, and a tree skirt and some ornaments for the new tree.

We made it to breakfast by about 9:45, and then we came home and went back to bed. That almost made me feel worse. I had so much trouble getting out of bed after that, and I’ve had a killer headache all afternoon. We got the new tree set up, and that’s about all we accomplished and are planning to accomplish today.

The good news: we saved 49% on the stuff we bought and everyone was pretty nice. The bad news: we really didn’t need any of the stuff we bought and a couple of the lines were extremely long. The even worse news: only one item purchased is a gift.