It is always a tradition that my family and I spend Thanksgiving night memorizing the black Friday ads. My devotion to black Friday shopping has gotten so bad that I have convinced my sister in law (Vicki) that she cannot live without it. She has gone with me twice- the first year I think we went to one store and we were done (because I had the urge to shop but no one else had that urge). However, last year we were in line at Old Navy by 2:30 (I think it was 2:30 and they opened at 3) searching for my nephews girlfriend that had convinced us to go there. Well Megan was a no show but in her place was her awesome mom.
After old navy we went to Wal-mart. Oh, my beloved Wal-Mart.
****In Springfield my favorite Wal-mart (the one on west Sunshine) hands you a map of where all the early bird sale items in the ad are located in the store. Lets just say THEY ARE AWESOME!!!! The customer service in Spfld is amazing- the employees help you find items and if they do not know where it is... here is the kicker... the use the walkie talkies and find out for you. Also, they let you wait inside the store instead of outside in the freezing cold.*****
In Columbia most people hate Wal-Mart- after my horrendous experience there on BLACK FRIDAY 2009 I now understand. You see the Como people never get to experience the amazing Wal-Mart that I have grown to love, no no... they experience the true version of the "White Trash Wal-Mart". This Wal-Mart experience was like a scene out of a movie--- a bad Christmas movie! I remember we walked in and I kept looking for the friendly greeters with the map of the store. They were no where to be found. The layout of the sale items made no sense. There were sweatshirts in the food isles and movies in the kids section and not one employee knew what was going on. In fact, they flat out told me they did not care where anything was and I needed to find it myself. As I am typing this I am re-hashing all these horrible feelings from last year. AAAAAARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! During the shopping experience there were 2 couples that were hauled off in hand cuffs because they were fighting over an item. It was most likely a $5 item on sale for $2 and now they got to spend a lovely day in jail for being stupid. The checkout lines moved slower than a snail- only half of the checkouts were open and I don't think those people had ever worked the register before. The employees kept calling for the managers to come help out with every transaction. Finally after several hours we got out of that mess. It was worth it in the end because we ended up with A LOT of items!!
We went to several other stores after that but I don't recall any other
I have not decided if I am going out this year- I have vowed to try to make all of my presents but I still have to get the presents from Santa. Hmmm... what to do. I guess I will just have to study the ads Thanksgiving night (or stalk the black friday website hoping to find a barbie dream house in an ad) and then I will decide if I am going to go.
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