Black Friday

I truly enjoy shopping on Black Friday.  I know many of you may think I am crazy, but I think it is fun and I have many great memories.

We would check out the ads on Thanksgiving, see who has good deals and freebies.  Friday morning my mom, my sisters and I would get up in the wee hours and head out.   We would stand in line until the store opened.  Some years we would go up to Portland to shop, which meant we needed to get up even earlier.  It was fun to go somewhere different.

It was fun to watch the people around us.  It was interesting to see who would come out this early in the morning.  We shopped, we browsed, we people watched, we drank coffee, and we would go out to breakfast after and talk about our fun morning.  I just have good memories of spending fun quality time with my mom and sisters.

On TV you see crazy people shoving other people or stealing the last item.  That isn’t what my experiences are like.  While I am sure those people are out there, we really dodn’t see it, not even in the bigger stores in Portland.  I think at the most I’ve been elbowed while trying to walk through a crowed.

This year was no different.  I left my house at 5am, yes 5am and headed to my mom’s.  When I got to her house, the house was quiet and dark.  Turns out her alarm didn’t go off, and she was still asleep.  Goodness it was about 5:15am! No time for sleeping.  I poked my head in her room and woke her up. J At about 5:30 we headed out.  We shopped for about an hour.  Then we went to breakfast.   We had a nice, early morning.  We were heading home about 8:30am.  I am usually still in my pajamas at that time.    I’m not a morning person, except on Black Friday.