Black Friday 2010- Round 2

After being home for about 30 minutes, Lauren wanted to go shopping. I didn't even hesitate. Back out we went. Headed to Kohls.
As you can see Lauren isn't into the Black Friday photos as much as I was. No shopping carts available. Oh well! The store wasn't overly crowded but it was busy. And since we didn't have a cart, it made it easy to get through the aisles....although a cart would be nice.

We have come to the conclusion that they now make a Snuggie in every type of theme you can think of. As much as Lauren loves SpongeBob...we are NOT buying a SpongeBob Snuggie! Sorry! After awhile we decided it was time to get in line to check out. Surprisingly, we were in the same spot that Diane and I were in at 0330. The line was still backed up around the store. I just laughed.

I heard someone make a comment 'it would help if they had all the registers open'. Um, sir...THEY DO! IDIOT! Maybe its BLACK FRIDAY and tons of people are shopping, or hey, maybe people are waiting until the total button is hit before they attempt to get their wallet out? Did you ever think of that?

We were only in line for about 15 minutes. It moved as quickly as it did earlier. We finally made it to the front! Yeah!

We left White Oak and headed for CrossRoads! 5 Below here we come! I had heard of this store but never been in it. Its like a Dollar Store but everything is under $5! Yeah...Im sure we can find some bargains!

Yep, that about sums it up! Tons of shirts. Lauren found one that says I love French Fries. And since everyone calls her French Fry..it was perfect!

They had everything from Christmas decorations to shirts to iPhone accessories, school supplies, candy, etc. Just a little of everything...and it was all for under $5! Woot Woot!

We left 5 Below and headed to Target! If you haven't seen the Target lady Christmas countdown commercial...its a must! She is hilarious!

Lauren didn't think this was too funny! She definately drew the line when I said I wanted her to film me running by the camera with a chute attached! ha ha... Watch the commercial!

We did get a cart full of stuff! And no waiting. What a day!

We headed to the car and ran into Kristen, who had been following my FB posts since 0230...

Kristen: I can't believe you are still shopping!

Me: I still have room in the car, why wouldn't I still be shopping?

As my 12 plus hours of Black Friday were coming to an end...I knew as soon as I got home I was going to drop. I decided to stop at Chik-fil-a to get the girls lunch!

Even the Chik-fil-a girl had a smile.....This was by far the BEST Black Friday shopping day I have ever had! I can't wait till next year!

Oh....I made need a trailer next year. And a ton more reuseable bags! Happy Holidays!

Black Friday - 0300 style....

Kohls was again leading the Black Friday stores with an opening time of 0300. I had posted on FB about making a list of Black Friday shopping and Diane wanted to go. I set my alarm for 0200, got up, dressed, teeth brushed and out the door! It look me about 10 minutes to get to Diane!

Diane had never been up Black Friday shopping so early! I warned her what White Oak was going to look like. We pulled in near Best Buy and the parking lots were full and Best Buy and Kohls were the only stores opening at 0300 and 0400 but there was hardly anywhere to park. By the time we got parked and headed to Kohls it was 0313~
As we got in the store the lines for both sets of registers were already all the way around the store...we just laughed! There wasn't anything 'important' that I was going to run over someone for, however, we did pick up somethings and then by the time we got all the way around the store, we figured we better get in line! Here we are in line, waiting!

About 15 minutes later we made it to the front of the line! We felt like winners! As you can see the lady behind us is half asleep! And the woman behind her is probably going 'who is holding up this line?'. ha ha...Its Black Friday people....get a grip!

We loaded the car and headed to my Target. After pulling out onto Highway 70 I remembered we just left White Oak where there WAS a Target. U-turn on Hwy 70 and back to Target. Again, parking lot full. They weren't opening until 0400 so we still had a few minutes. As we walked up Target had buggies lined up to allow entrance into the store through a line instead of everyone rushing the doors! We thought we would just wait until everyone got in and then they would move the buggies.....we soon realized that they weren't planning on moving any.

Everyone around us was kind of thinking the same thing....until we all figured out that they wanted ALL of us to go through the same line!....

I then realized that every buggy was zip-tied together at the front and back of the buggy! There were probably over 100 buggies! I just laughed!

As we walked in and saw every check-out lane with a buggy and a television....I just laughed. Im sure half these people can't pay the electric bill, however, all 5 of their kids had just bought a $300 television!

The electronics department was crazy! I did pick up some digital picture frames! But then we headed back up towards the front to check-out. Then it began! As we were passing the cosmetics section, we noticed they had roped off toward the registers and we were now doing the official Disney lines. We weaved through the cosmetics, laundry detergent and even dog food before getting to the front. We never saw so many WTF looks. As we would weave, people that were walking up to get in line, just looked at all of us like we were crazy...there was an almost musical unison of 100 people going through all these aisles. It was hilarious. People would look, look again....then the WTF look would arise! But once we got to the front of the line we just picked whatever lane. It actually moved fairly well. However, as I would give Target the award for organization this year....I would like to file a complaint as I never saw a booth for a Fast Pass! ha ha

As we were documenting this monumentous journey, the Target lady just laughed! Hell, its 0430 and there are more people shopping that at 1300! Have fun!

We left there and headed to Cary Towne Center! JC Penney here we come! Again, parking lot packed! And again, no shopping cart! I guess Ill have to carry everything! I did ok for awhile, then I couldn't hold anymore. Diane went shopping for shoes (imagine that) and when she came back I told her I had to check out as I couldn't hold anything else!

We actually took everything out to the car and then headed to the rest of the mall. Surprisingly, all the stores were open! We headed for Chik-fil-a for breakfast, as neither one of us had eaten since lunch yesterday!

We headed to Belk, Macy's, Kirklands, pretty much where-ever we wanted!

Of course, everyone likes fur! I think it was from roadkill from I-40 but I didn't want to tell Diane! Even the lady that kept circling the display, even though we had just gotten there! I think if we had stayed another 60 seconds she may have attacked us!

We looked and looked for Santa.....theres a big darn tree, but no Santa. He is obviously looking for my 2011 Audi TT in black at a discount! But we had to get a picture by the big tree. Again, we stopped a complete stranger!

If theres a sports store...Im definately stopping! We laughed so hard at these shirts! Of course, I bought some! They didn't have everything in Carolina Blue though, and I couldn't buy anything with that 'other' blue! Ill have to check back!

I definately wanted this shirt, but nothing in that beautiful blue! But I definately am digging that wording!

Now we headed to Crossroads! Old Navy here we come! Nothing special, just looking! I guess the shirt is made for me! Maybe there is hope out there! If only Chris knew! Maybe I should buy the shirt and send it to him? ha ha

Again, we stopped the Old Navy lady that Im sure thought we were drinking. This early, we should have. ha ha.

Michaels was the next stop! And this is the first store that we got a shopping cart! Yeah us! Again, a stranger took the picture! And she was laughing!

Whoopie pies? I had never heard of them. Diane had. So I bought them. I will try them and see how they taste! Then Ill delve into my own concoction!

I dropped Diane off around 1030 and then headed home. Unfortunately, I still had room in the back of the car! But, not too bad for 7 hours of shopping.

Little did I know that after getting home....30 minutes later...Round II would begin!

Thanksgiving @ Rex 2010

The girls went to Greensboro with Rod to see Jeff, and work was short-staffed, so I went in. Drove by Chris' on the way in. Holidays for some reason don't seem the same anymore. I really miss him. Did try to catch up on some stuff, but if there is a reason to cook at work, everyone is in! Karen Ramey is awesome at getting everyone to bring food. It always ends up being enough to feed a small country. This year was no different! ER people always like to eat..probably because we rarely get a break or an actual lunch to sit down. Most of the time we are lucky to shove our lunch down our throats in 10 minutes or end up leaving it half eaten when something critical comes it. Luckily, today, everone got to eat! Karen is the official tester of desserts! Actually she is the Queen of all pot-lucks! And she keeps the patients/visitors off their cell-phones! :)

Everyone helping out with putting everything out! And taste-testing everything too! ha ha... Which is some of the best part!

Jessica, my favorite (well really I can't say that) but she is a hard-worker and I love it when she's there!

And Trey was in Charge.....help us all! Or was he? I can't remember! At least he didn't have the dolphin top on! I think then we may have stuffed him!

That's a pretty full plate you have there Mike! Better to take care of those twins, huh?

Alberta....whos 2nd coming would be a 1-900 operator! If she ever leaves Rex and stops singing in the church choir....I definately know where she will be working!

Oh, Jessica again! Tasting desserts this time! And oh, were there desserts! Even Jo made my favorite Hershey Bar Cake! Yum Yum!

Even Ryan brought a fresh baked Apple Pie! No ice cream though! But thats ok...we have Cool Whip!

Even Sherry (our new Director) stopped by. I really though it was a family fib (inside joke) but she was serious...she really WAS coming to work today!

Now that everyone got to eat, Karen is trying to figure out if one of us is going to end up in Room 3! Not sure if anyone would move fast!

What a great day! Wasn't too busy although it was picking up by 1600. We had a great bunch, and this was way better than sitting at home by myself. After all, this is my 2nd family! I love these guys! Happy Thanksgiving people!