Black Friday

Black Friday! Sort of sounds like a horror movie doesn’t it? Well, unless you have been sleeping in a cave for the past two decades, you know that it is the day after Thanksgiving in which people rush out to their favorite stores at an obscene time in the morning all to save a dollar on the latest toy or electronic gizmo. The last couple of years the “First Lady” and I have gotten up at the crack of dawn and hit the local shops in search of the best deals. It all starts about a month in advance when the department store ads start hitting the underground websites. Every couple of days the “First Lady” will text me and inform me of which new ad can be viewed. Then about two weeks before the “day in black” arrives the grand daddy of all ads hits the web. This time there is a call, “The Wal-Mart ad is out, want to look at it tonight?” We spend 2 hours licking our lips, turning every web page back and forth, zooming in and out while reading every description like it’s a prescription bottle. Finally we have our strategy. We’ll get up at 2:45, get dressed, hit the local Kwik Trip for coffee and make it to the Wal-Mart in New Ulm by 3:40. We patiently wait for the doors to open then run inside grabbing everything in site. She goes one way I go the other. “What did you get?” I would inquire, “Got the camera, the plush Mickey and Mini, and a Crock pot.” When we are all done we head to another store then another hoping to find everything that is on the list. Some years we score big some…not so much. For the “First Lady” it’s the highlight of the year. I don’t think she would miss it for anything, (unless Garth Brooks asked her out on a date at 5am the day after Thanksgiving). Some people tailgate, others stand in line for the next IPhone, we wait in the dark of night in freezing cold weather to get deals on Stuff. This kind of activity is not for everyone, but for us, it’s our Super bowl! We cheer, we scream, we yell at the opposite team, but most of all we do it together. I’ve come to love “Black Friday” not for the deals, but for the trills, and for the chance to spend quality time with the “First Lady” ohhh... and by the way, I plan on getting a Blu-Ray Player for 79 bucks.