Black Friday Recap

Let me let you guys in on a little secret, I love Black Friday.

It's seriously the best holiday to me (don't comment telling me it's not a holiday. I know it's not official)

So of course when Wal-mart and Target released that they were opening up at 8pm and 9pm respectively, I was thrilled.

Soapbox Moment: I understand, you think it's so horrible to go out and shop the day after giving thanks and it's so horrible those people have to work all night/day on Black Friday. Do you not realize that grocery stores are open all day or at least until 4pm (here, in the bible belt where things are more likely to be closed) on Thanksgiving Day so that people can come buy food? Do you not also realize the amount of doctors, nurses, and other hospital staff that also have to work every single holiday? I hate to tell you, but complaining about a store opening on Thanksgiving or opening at midnight is just going to fall on deaf ears on this blog so keep it to yourself and enjoy the merriness of the pictures to follow. 

This was one of the only reasons we went to Wal-mart. My friend wanted to get a barbie jeep for her little girl. The sale didn't start until 8pm but people were already loading up baskets of stuff, having ripped through all the plastic, so we started loading up our basket. My friend got the barbie jeep she wanted and a baby alive doll. I got a 28 piece of tupperware set for $6.92 and a little doctor accessory kit for the baby alive doll and Just Dance 3.

This was the scene when we finally found all the video games. Even though everything else was open, the workers around the games weren't letting anyone touch them. So, I weaved through the crowd and found Just Dance 3. It was sticking out of the plastic so I picked it up and got in trouble for that from an employee even though I told her I'd stand there with the game, in my hands, until 8pm. 

So I put it back and put my leg on top of it. A little bit later this chick comes up and she wants Just Dance 3 and 4, so I tell her I'll grab 2 copies of JD 3. Well, the walmart employee walks away and people start grabbing and going crazy! It was awesome!

Waiting in line at Walmart! We had everything we wanted to get and were standing in line by 7pm. So we waited an hour to check out. 

I had to get a picture of this because it was a miracle! All the Wal-mart lanes were open!

This is how close we had to be to the people in front of us to avoid people skipping us in line.

Here I am, guarding our basket to make sure no one would skip us.

This was some of the other lines of people that were waiting.

I have a tiny Nissan Altima, so it was pretty hard to get it in my car, but we fit it in the backseat. The third girl with us had to squish herself in there too but we made it work!

After leaving Wal-mart, we went across the street where Target was and had to go all the way around the building to the back to get in line! This was actually cool b/c the next people that walked up was my OB clinical teacher and her family! It was awesome!

After Target, we headed to the mall so I could get Cody's present. They didn't open until midnight and this was at 10pm. So we stood in line for 2 hrs. There were already people there before us!

A few minutes before midnight, everyone rushed at the door. We ended up pretty close to the door and this was the crowd behind us. My friends and I linked arms so we could get through the crowd and we wouldn't lose each other.

At midnight, the security guards opened the doors and basically got out of the way as fast as possible because everyone started screaming and running at the doors. 

We were in the mall for a couple of hours and I did successfully get Cody's Christmas present but obviously, I can't post it yet.

I will post this though! The first 50 people at Rack Room Shoes got to open up a little present and you could win prizes! The prize I won was a free pair of shoes up to $50 and if I went over, I just had to pay the difference!

So, I got these and only paid $15 for them! So awesome!

This is what the trunk looked like at the end of the night!  We ended up going to 3 stops and 6 stores and we shopped for a total of 8 hours!

We got home around 2am and I was exhausted!

Overall, we had a blast. I know so many people get disappointed over Black Friday, but I honestly got everything I wanted to get and had a lot of fun while doing it. 

Maybe it's because I live in the South, but most of the people I encountered were super nice (Then again, I wasn't trying to get a tv either!)

Did you go Black Friday shopping? What was your favorite thing that you got?

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