Nov 30 2008
Black Friday
On Black Friday our freezer was bare and the only food left was leftovers. We really needed to make a trip to the store for groceries. We were out of milk, butter, and other staples. We also needed a few things from Walmart as well.
My husband and I decided to wait until the afternoon to go thinking the crowds would have gone home. On the way to town we made the decision to go to Home Depot for some clips to hold the outside Christmas lights. We also needed staples for our staple gun to replace some insulation that has come lose under the house.
When we arrived at Home Depot it was some what crowded but not jammed. We found the clips for the lights and spent some time looking at all the lights for sale. My husband realized he needed new lights for outside the house. I told him that was fine as long as I could buy some new balls for the tree. He got the lights, drop cord, new staple gun, staples, two flashlights and the clips. I got the balls and two vacuum belts. Somehow it does not seem fair.
We then went to Kroger which was almost deserted. We got our groceries in record time with no one to block the aisles.
Then it was on to Walmart where it was shopper hell. It was still jammed at 4:00 in the afternoon. I guess there were thousands of other shoppers who thought it would be safe to shop later. Thank God for self checkouts or we would still be there waiting to check out.
