As we anticipated Black Friday shopping, we waited to see what store was going to be open the earliest! Target came out with a MIDNIGHT opening. MIDNIGHT? Are you freaking kidding me? Last year was 0400 and then Kohls announced 0300. Midnight? Im still in shock. So the next thing was to see what Kohls had in mind. Yep, midnight as well! Ugghhh! So much confusion! So we then needed to plan our strategy. We decided we would hit Kohls first. We loaded the car and headed to Kohls a little before midnight. Even though we were out shopping there was nothing we were going to trample anyone for.
I will say Kohls had 'security' guards stationed every 5 feet or so...the line was from the far entrance of Kohls, all the way to the end of the shopping center. Then when it was midnight, instead of opening BOTH sets of entrances, they chose to only open one. It was going to take 30 minutes to get people in line actually in the store. Then we noticed that Five Below was open! Who was the genius that thought of that! SCORE! They weren't supposed to open until 0500, but they ended up clearly being the winners here.
We went through, and in a short time, there was already a line to check out, however, with their four registers, they were way faster than any other store with this many people in line! These guys were having fun!
Off to Kohl's we went...now, at least, the line was IN the store! There wasn't really anything specific, however, we ended up picking stuff up and then got in line. This year we started 1/2 way around the store. You couldn't even see the registers! Woohoooo Now THIS is what Black Friday is all about! :)
We ended up picking up stuff while waiting in line. This is worse than the check-out candy for sure.
Um....I think they need to UPDATE this time! And I didn't see a 'fast-pass' line to get in!
From this view, we can see just about where we started....we were all the way in the back and to the right!
W I N~!!!!!! We made it out! Now--off to the next store!
Crazy Target lady, here we come! We missed all the zip-tieing the buggy's and mad dash for all electronics....or at least we thought!
We all split up when we get in and as I am wandering through electronics, I see a familiar face. Dawn had been outside in line since 2330...it is now almost 0300 and she is still in line in electronics. The poor electronics cashiers - I would almost offer them a drink every 30 minutes just to keep them 'enjoying' their jobs! Dawn said her daughter was not too happy about now!~
Finally, after the buggy was filled and we headed to check out, again, Target wins for the ease of checking out! And this year they even added arrows just in case you questioned which direction you needed to go. Because at this hour, Im sure there are some people that are delirious!
Allison was reviewing selections of pet accessories! :)
We are still going......I think its about 0500 and we are heading to Cary Towne Center!
Justin didn't know I was shopping too! We had to get a photo!
The shoe nightmare was a little - CRAZY! Boxes flying everywhere, toppling over, people trampling each other! Really people? For shoes? Well, I hate to say that I would do the same thing, IF there had been a pair I would have wanted!
Through the mall we went....then I ran into Snooki! I mean....my pose is way better than hers! I mean really?
This is what the Cary Towne Center looks like at 0530 on a Friday! Kind of crazy. Looks like its 1200. It totally threw me off because of shopping last year...it felt like it should be 1000. Lets get home and go to BED!
