A Little Black Friday Excitement
I really wish I’d had my camera on me last night, as I braved Black Friday (or rather Even Blacker Thursday) sales with my family. My sister Meredith wanted to hit up the Babies R Us/Toys R Us when it opened at 9pm on Thanksgiving. The parking lot for the entire plaza it was in was full. Some lady told us it would take 5 hours just to get in, because they were only letting in 50 people every 15 minutes and she had done the math based on the line. The line wrapped around the back of the building.
Feeling disappointed, but not fully deterred, my sister took us to Walmart. It was pandemonium inside. People were like hyenas. They were ripping off the plastic wrap off the pallets of items before the 10pm sale started, and were piling items in their carts like the world was gonna end. My sister and mom did get some good deals, I’ll admit, but I was also glad when we finally got out of there.
Today, on Black Friday proper, I hit the mall with a friend of mine to do some window shopping. Both of us mostly just wanted to get out of our respective houses for a nice distraction. I did end up getting a pretty scarf and a few earrings at nice prices, but nothing to write home about. Target was even less impressive. Guess you had to do the door busters there to get any real discounts.
The real excitement was when I got home. We have a volunteer fire department here, so this air raid siren goes off when there’s a fire. The alarm went off three times, which is unusual (normally it is just twice). I heard the sirens afterward, and they sounded awfully close. That’s when I looked out my balcony sliding doors, and saw no less than six fire department vehicles outside the laundromat. Yep. Definitely a dryer on fire.
How was your Black Friday?
