Day AFTER Thanksgiving

For the last 2 years I have gone out shopping on Black Friday. This year was insane! Stores were opening earlier & they had some pretty sweet deals. The insanity actually started Thanksgiving Day or should I say night at 11:30 PM. My MIL, FIL, & SIL all went to Walmart where they were having deals starting at midnight. It is so nice having the Walmart literally less then 5 min away. I couldn't believe how packed the parking lot was. We had to park so far away! It was freezing outside too! So we get in the doors & start heading towards the back of the store. The main things I wanted were movies & to check out the toys. So I walked back to the toy section. On the intercom a walmart employee says "go ahead & grab what you want!" It was amazing how fast people were grabbing things. It took me a while to figure out that all of the "deals" were in piles up & down random aisles throughout the store. I actually feel quite dumb for not recognizing that in the beginning. But I lucked out & got the few movies I was going for & a toy. I am proud to say I only spent $20. Then we headed back to my house where my FIL & MIL decided they were done & wanted to go back to bed, however my SIL & I wanted to head to Target. They opened their doors at 4 AM. I told Emily to come pick me up @ 3:30AM. We got to the Target parking lot about 3:45AM, once again I could not believe how packed the parking lot was. She parked her car & we started walking towards Target where I saw this HUGE line formed outside. I didn't realize how huge until we got up to the doors where there were 3 security guards and a barricade made of carts blocking the entrance. So we walked to the end of the building where we looked down & noticed the line was all the way down the side of Target & probably wrapped behind. We looked at each other & decided to go back to her car & wait until it was actually 4:00 AM. Now let me just tell you we were not there to get any big door busters like tvs, fireplace pits, etc. All we were wanting were a few toys. So when 4:00 AM approached we ran up to the huge line & as it was moving there came a gap & we weaseled our ways in. We almost got pulled out by a security guard because there were tons of people screaming behind us "THEY CUT!! THEY CUT!!" but some lady said to the guard it wasn't us but someone in front of us. I probably should feel bad for cutting, but like I said I wasn't there for the big things so I didn't feel I cheated anyone. Especially because I was the only one grabbing this particular toy when there were mobs of people around me. I also got a few more movies. Emily got some sweet deals. It would have been nice to have more money but I had a budget & I am just proud of myself for sticking to it.

That day turned out to be pretty fun. We went & saw Tangled. CUTEST MOVIE!! Jhett & Tredd did great! Jhett & I went goofing golfing with my mom's family, & that night all the adults went out to dinner then came back to our house & played games, ate dessert, & watched Grown-Ups. I absolutely LOVE Austin's family. I have so much fun when we all get together. As long as Fred & Lisa are in Utah I hope they can continue to come to Arizona for Thanksgiving. I just wished it wasn't such a long drive & cost so much to fly there. I would love to see them more often. The important thing is memories were made & I will forever cherish them.