I love Black Friday. I’ve always thought that the day after Thanksgiving was the day you didn’t shop because all the crazies were out there shopping. But then two years ago Ryan showed me the ads, and then he bought me some items. And then last year I was at Best Buy early early. We spent about $700 that year, and we planned on shopping again this year. We also tried to get someone to watch Claire, but that fell through.

So this year we checked the Best Buy ad and didn’t find anything we liked, but Ryan wanted a television. We spent Thanksgiving in Prescott, AZ with Laura’s family, and Ryan went to sleep out at Best Buy Thursday evening at about 6PM. Donna and I drove home late on Thursday and we got up around 5AM. I was in the door at Target as soon as they opened and ran for the portable DVD player, which I did get, but not until I was elbowed by some big guy who was pissed because I asked a Target employee a question before he had a chance to ask his question. By the time Donna made it into Target, I already had the three big ticket items in my cart. Then we shopped some more. Next was Kohl’s where I stood in line for an hour while Donna shopped. And then we went to Sears where Donna bought me a cool tool box. Eventually we went home and napped. Then got up and shopped some more. It was a cool day.

Next year I think we’ll be shopping for a new television. Some LCD or Plasma television, since ours will be seven years old by then. We got it after our wedding, and it’s still doing well but with the technology out there, it’ll be time for an upgrade.