Black Friday

Black Friday kills me for so many reasons. 

A short list why:

1) I never understand people who camp out for things. So trying to understand why people camp out all Thanksgiving day to be the first in the store on Friday...not comprehendible to me.

2) Once people get in the store, holy cow! Do people have no manners or common courtesy? People push, and hover and generally invade my bubble. And that seriously drives me over the edge.

3) I'm usually still recuperating from being in the kitchen and in a food coma from the day before. Warm and cozy in my bed. 5A comes too early.

4) Every year the sales start earlier and earlier. I'm getting older and let's face it, I'm not a morning person and can't keep up. This year were contemplating doing Toys R Us at 10P on Thanksgiving, Walmart at midnight and then Target and/or Toys R Us (again) at 5A. Madness.

5) As stated in #4, it's obvious that insanity that ensues on Black Friday and every year I go back and forth on whether I should join in or not. I contemplated this again this year.

And you know what...
I almost caved and went.
My mom warned I would need a xanax and I panicked.
Did I really need all that stuff??

So I scoured the ads and realized Walmart was gonna be a looney bin which would probably send ME to the looney bin, so that was vetoed. Besides, I don't even like to shop at Walmart on a regular day. What was I thinking?

So Walmart was checked off the list.

And Target? Did I really need more crap to clutter my house. I mean, yea those kitchen appliances looked great but where the hell were they going to go? And did I need more movies? And did B really need those Elmo slippers for $5. Umm, no. So that was quickly crossed off the list as well.

And the only reason to go to TRU at 5A was for the cheap boxes of diapers and wipes. Let's face it those get expensive. But to make it worth my while, since B is pretty much potty trained, I would have to buy the limit of 3 boxes of diapers. And B hasn't even gone through a whole box of diapers (just wearing them at night) since August. And wipes...No.

So the lone wolf standing on our Black Friday agenda was TRU. Did you all see the ad? My gosh some of those deals were amazing!! I started making a list. Imagine the list that Santa Claus has. You know, the one that is a million feet long...yea, imagine that with TRU toys on it. You get the picture.

Then I realized
WHOA
TRU offered their Black Friday prices
ON THEIR WEBSITE

Pick your jaw up off the floor!
It's true!
On their website.
BEFORE they even opened.
It was like the Heaven's opened up and light shone down on me
Not really but kinda.

I ordered everything.
Their stuff was awesome
Especially when you are trying to pimp out your daughter's play kitchen set
that she is getting for Christmas
B ended up with toaster, a blender, a coffee maker, a microwave and a 50 piece dish set.
WHOA!

And I was able to buy our friend's baby a Christmas present & Birthday present, our niece & nephew both Christmas presents AND something for my brother.

All together my total was less than $100. LESS THAN $100. I was in heaven. And how much did it cost to ship? About $2 an item, so like $20.

So I spent less than $100 on everything, $20 on shipping and didn't have to take a xanax?
TRU you might be my new hero!