Black Friday

As you know, we've been doing (well, hired people to do) some home renovations lately. And yes, there are photos coming after the project is finished. With all of the racket that went on around here Thanksgiving week, there really wasn't much rest. One of my favorite pasttimes, sleeping in, was not to be found.

Enter Black Friday - the day after Thanksgiving Day here in the States. For those of you not in the US, Black Friday is the day when retailers across the country offer amazing deals on typically higher-dollar products in order to help the consumer get their books back in the black before year's end. I think it's probably a fabulous idea, but being that one of my favorite pasttimes is sleeping in, I have no desire to get up before dawn to join the bajillion people fighting for this year's latest product craze. Until this year . . .


Todd leaves at 4:30am with his circulars and list in hand, ready to get some of the great deals that Black Friday has to offer. Since I can't sleep, I head out just a little after 5:00am with no make up on and my hair barely pulled up in a ponytail. (For those of you who know me personally, you know I don't leave the house without makeup.) I leave in the dark before dawn with one stop in mind. Conn's Appliance & Electronics Center is the only place I want to go. As I pull into the parking lot, I notice a (thankfully) short line and figure out that they don't open until 6:00.

Being one to help our lagging economy (and being one who did not want to wait outside in the cold), I decide to head across the street to Wal-Mart. Lord have mercy, I have never seen such chaos in my life. TONS of shopping carts, people, TVs, skateboards, crock pots . . . you name it . . . they were all moving. And quickly. I walked around in amazement. This was my first Black Friday experience. And possibly my last. That was just crazy.

I leave and decide that waiting in line outside in the freezing cold was a much better idea. I head back across the street to Conn's and wait. And wait. In a light jacket. I'm cold. When the doors open at 6:00am, the smart people of Conn's decide that they'll only let small groups in at a time. I made it in safely with the third group because I attached myself to a group of youngsters and told them that I was with them if I got cut off at the line's end. Then I -- you guessed it -- waited in line some more. I finally sat down with a sales rep and he got me all hooked up. I completed the sale for my first - and possibly last - Black Friday experience. I present you . . . .



(Using my best Price is Right voice)


My NNNNNNEEWWWW LG Front-Loading High-Efficiency Washer and Dryer with Pedestals!!! Don't they look pretty in my lovely, recently redone Laundry Room?




Todd thinks they look HUGE - which I suppose they do. He said, "It looks like we have a time machine in there." Guess it'll take some getting used to, huh? I love them! I just wished I loved doing laundry, too. I will say that they do make the experience more enjoyable.


So, what about you? Did you score any Black Friday deals?