Shopping Black Friday

Dana's post about the shopping, reminded me that I needed to share our Thanksgiving after experiences. Tiana and I decided to try out this new thing that everyone is always talking about. We looked at all the ads, cut coupons, made lists and set our alarms. We decided against the 4:30am routine, opting for the little better 5:45am, second wave. We set out to Wal-mart first and Tiana (very smart girl) suggested that we zip on in the back garden center for easier access. We did and I hung onto the cart for dear life (that whole foot thing, you know). I had 5 things on my list and I hollered to her where to go and she did the grabbing and we were back in our car 20 minutes later, exhausted! That was so easy, we decided to make a quick stop at Micky Dees for some nourishment (if you can call a sausage McMuffin/no egg and a coke nourishment) and headed out for the the next store. Tiana stayed in the car (I do have some Christmas secrets) while I made another quick dash and run at Michael's. By now it is 6:45 and we were quite proud of ourselves. We headed off to Joannes, and should have known by the completely packed parking area we were walking into trouble. It took us well over an hour in that store and most of that was standing in line. We met lot's of nice people along the way though...and a few grumps too! Off to Ulta and there was no parking lot to be found (darn). One last stop at K-mart and by now my foot is burning. We run in and of course they have not one thing that I wanted from their add. We were home and ready for naps at 9:00am feeling as though we had been through the war. Can't decide if the $80.00 I saved on my printer and the $100.00 I saved on a back-yard play toy, was really worth it. I have to say it was an adreneline rush. But pretty much had to elevate the foot the rest of the day:(
Hope you all are doing well, and yes, I am feeling like the wimp too because of our sudden "cold" weather. It only got up to 68 degree's today. But it was 80 two days ago...go figure!