Day 259.

Black Friday has a whole new meaning this year.
It was around 8 when me and Trisha decided that we wanted to go and see what all the excitement was about…
Game plan?
Well…
We were hoping to come up with it when we saw the actual situation.
It couldn’t really be that bad….
Right?
We pulled into the parking lot to the right of the choice store around 11:35ish.
[Obviously we should’ve planned ahead].
We didn’t make it to the back of line until about 11:40.
We had a lovely view of the back side of Old Navy and Justice.
The back of the line was 611 steps away from the entrance of Target.
Yes.
We counted.
Rumor had it that they were letting 30 people in every 15 seconds.

There must’ve been a [hecka] lot of people due to the fact that we didn’t enter the store until 12:26.
Don’t fret.
We made it in alive.
We had a few people try and cut…
But I think the intimidating faces that me and Trisha [naturally] posses lead them straight to the back of the line.
Win.

We shopped for approximately 23 minutes and in that time we conquered the crowed.
We found $14.98 black ankle boots, $5 Rookie of the Year movie, $9.95 Scrabble…
And the reason we went…
A $2.99 pack of gum.
Win.
It’s completely fine that we were in line to check out for almost an hour.
Patience is a virtue….
Patience is a virtue….
Patience is a virtue….
We finally arrived home at 2:18.
And Trisha had successfully gotten his Black Friday pack of gum.
Though me and Trisha had fun throwing elbows, watching the prego women in ridiculous shoes, hearing about how people had to pay $5 to getting an Xbox from some guy who had hoarded them in the back, heading into Wal-Mart just after 2 and finding it to be a complete ghost town, and watching people spend unreal amounts of money on everything….
It obviously wasn’t enough.
Mother-daughter Black Friday shopping started a little after noon.
Fortunately Target had calmed down when we got there.
It was relaxing trip to the store compared to how things had been earlier that morning….
We made it safely through Target, Famous Footwear, the Hallmark store, and Bed, Bath & Beyond.
Win.
We couldn’t help but smell what was cooking across the street.
I fell in love…
Again.
Café Rio never lets me down.
Never.
Lunch was like meeting with an old friend….
My pork burrito, enchilada style.
[Obviously] it wouldn’t be a trip to Café Rio without a picture…..

We conquered the mall…
We conquered the wind…
We conquered the ‘Black Friday crowd’ that [possibly] comes out once a year... But only with the help of the recently acquired Josh Groban Christmas CD.

I also turned into a 9 year old girl and got my picture taken with the Justin Beiber cut out right in front of Macy’s…..Don’t judge.

Without fail..

Every year…

I shop until I drop.

Literally.

Now it’s time to prove myself in a game of Scrabble.

Win…..
6 points.