The Smarmy Carny

For Black Friday, I didn't sleep at all that morning, but since I had decided not to spend a shocking amount of money, I didn't spend all day in line, either.

Here's the rundown on my stops. I won't go into detail about what I bought, as I have already mentioned that I didn't go for any outrageously good deals this year.

• Thanksgiving night: Purchased one item on Amazon.com and one item on BestBuy.com.
• 1:00 – 3:00: Researched all stores in the area one last time. Printed a shopping list. Printed a list of stores nearby and sorted them by opening times. Created a plan for which stores to visit in which order.
• 3:00: Showered and packed.
• 4:00: Left the house.
• 4:30: Arrived at Toys R Us in preparation for the 5:00 opening.
• 4:59: Toys R Us doors opened.
• 5:17: Left Toys R Us with our two items.
• 5:19: Drove by Wal-Mart and found the parking lot completely full. Kept driving.
• 5:20: Arrived at Target in preparation for the 6:00 opening.
• 5:55: Left my wife in line as police blocked out the line skippers.
• 5:58: Arrived at RadioShack on foot.
• 6:00: RadioShack and Target doors opened.
• 6:00: Searched RadioShack for a cheap, unwanted tripod. Waited for sales assistants who seemed to consistently ask people next to me if they needed help before wandering far away to help them.
• 6:14: Finally told that tripods were "probably over there in the small camera section" that I had already looked in.
• 6:17: Found another man looking for the same item, but he gave up and checked out with his dozen other items.
• 6:25: My wife left Target with our two items.
• 6:30: Finally caught a RS associate who informed me that they had 0 of that item. Left RadioShack.
• 6:35: Arrived at second RadioShack. Immediately asked if I needed help and shown the tripods, though the associate had no idea which tripod was the one on sale. Luckily, I knew.
• 6:45: Left RadioShack with two items (including a $7 impulse buy.)
• 6:55: Arrived at K-Mart for intended clothing purchases.
• 7:39: Left K-Mart with various clothing items.
• 7:47: Arrived at BJ's Wholesale Club.
• 8:28: Left BJ's Wholesale Club with various items.
• 8:30: Called it a Black Friday and headed home.
• Saturday: Purchased an item from CompUSA.com.

So, that sums up the morning on Black Friday 2006. Did anyone else have anything more exciting happen to them?

This entry was posted on Sunday, November 26th, 2006 at 18:12 by Novac and is filed under All, Black Friday, Holidays. You can leave a response or trackback from your own site.

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