Black Friday!

So, is it crazy that I got up at 3:45 am Friday morning, the day after Thanksgiving to go shopping? Heck no. I live for the most popular shopping day of the year mainly for the good deals on electronics, but also for the experience. I did pretty well this year. I had my battle plan all laid out the night before. I was on the road by 4:10 and made it to CompUSA at 4:30. They had been open since midnight, so it was pretty mellow. Kind of weird being at CompUSA at 4:30 in the morning. Then it was off to Best Buy. I was probably #400 and something in line. They opened at 5 am and boy was it a mad house. I picked out what I wanted but decided to try something new this year . . . I hid what I was going to buy in a very clever place and left the store. I arrived at Circuit City at 5:15 and found what I needed and again hid it. I got to Target at about 5:30 and stood in line and waited in 25 degree breezy weather for the opening at 6am. When the doors opened, it was a mad rush! People were cheering and running like wild animals to the back of the store. People were losing their shoes and I even saw a 10 year old boy go down amidst the stampeed. I knew exactly what I wanted and was in the checkout line and out of the store by 6:10, a new record! I then circled back around to Big 5 Sporting Goods and then back to Best Buy at about 6:50. I found my stash and stood in a much shorter line than I would have been in otherwise. Then it was back to Circuit City to find my second stash. I was pretty proud of my newly found technique. I got to Staples at 7:30 and the item I wanted was long gone, but luckily I had actually hid my stash Wednesday night in the back of a desk drawer on display. K-mart was the last stop, but everything had been picked over. I pulled into work at about 8:15. It was definitely a fun morning. 7 stores in 3 1/2 hours!