Black Friday 2011 ...

Last year I blogged about our Black Friday experience ...

here ...

here ...

and here ...

This year ... my husband was once again my Black Friday hero.

Our 10 year old daughter has been wanting her own little laptop ... and Target had a really good price for one.  But it was a door buster deal.  Which meant ... someone was gonna have to go and stand in line to secure one of those little Christmas miracles under the tree for Breeanna.

At 6:30 p.m. Clint came down the stairs announcing that he was gonna head over to Target to be sure he was in front of the line.

Shit ... the dishes were not even clean from Thanksgiving dinner ...

And this man was gonna go and get a place in line just so his dughter could get her laptop under the Christmas tree.  What a good Daddy/Husband.

SEE!!!

Black. Friday. Hero.

Sorry ladies ... he is taken.

Besides feeling like Target was hearding customers in like cattle ... Clint said the whole experience went well.  He called me once he got the laptop ... and I stated hollaring out different items that I wanted him to grab ... that I had circled in the Target ad.

He. Got. Them. All.

Stop two ... Wal-Mart.

Harleigh so badly wanted a basketball goal.  She is CERTAIN that Santa is gonna be bringing this extremely large object in his sleigh.  Unfortunately ... three Wal-Mart stores later ... no basketball goal.  *sigh*  So now ... Santa is gonna have to decide if he wants to pay full price for a basketball goal ... since he did not score a basketball goal at the door buster price on Black Friday.  *sigh*

So ... alot of money later ...

Christmas presents are not even close to being done ...

And the checkbook is empty ...

But on the brightside ...

I am married to the Superman of Black Friday.

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Black Friday Update ... *PART TWO*

Last time we left off ... I was updating you on how our Black Friday shopping was going ... and Clint was standing in line at Nebraska Furniture Mart at MIDNIGHT!!!  Need I remind you all that the store did not even open until SEVEN A.M.!  YES!  You read right!  SEVEN A.M.!


Clint had this mind sent of ... Ohh sweet electronic deals here I come!  Me on the other hand ... I had more of the mind set of ... No frickin way!!!  Sorry Sweet ass deals ... it is too frick-frackin cold out there.

So while my poor husband was standing in line with a bunch of strangers ...
who eventually became his NFMBFF's (AKA: Nebraska Furniture Mart Best Friends Forever) ... I was in the process for being the sole reason Black Friday had a slow computer connection.  Yes ... I was online shopping.  I apologize for any inconvience this may have caused to any of you out there in the weeeee hours of the Black Friday morning today.

Any ways ...

I NEVER in a MILLION years expected Clint to ACTUALLY score the "Door Buster Deals".  Shoot ... they only allow ONE per customer and only have a VERY SMALL amount of limited quanities for these really cheep deals.  When he was looking through the flyer pointing out the things we should "get" ... I never once said "No" or "We do not need that" or "The kids really do not need such a thing" or "Are you flippin crazy".  I just let him get into his little "electronic fantasty world" ... and I never even brought up a budget for the darn place.  I figured he would get there ... and the line would be wrapped around the building 99 times and he would come home.

Well ... the time began to tick away ... and Clint never showed back up ... like I thought he would.  So ... I called him.  He told me that he was not that far from the doors.   REALLY?!?!?!  I still did not truely believe him.  Deep down ... I still did not blink an eye about him picking up any electronics.  I had seen the way people pushed and shoved their ways in the front doors of Nebraska Furniture Mart on TV before. It literally looked like an hour glass ... and the people pushing and shoving their way in were the little pieces of sand ... dropping down to the bottom of the hour glass.  There was NO WAY Clint was gonna score any of the items on his "to get list".

Nope!

Not gonna happen!

Not in a million years!

*phone ringing*

Clint on the other end ...

He scored EVERY SINGLE THING on that darn list!

Hold on!

Back the truck up!

Everything?!?!?!

Yep!!!  EVERYTHING!!!

You could only imagine my face when he called me at 10:30 saying that he was in line at the loading zone to pick up the items he bought.

HUH?!!?!?

What items?!?!?!

He was suspose to be shoved around and pushed to the side and not even be able to find the things you wanted to get. So how in the WORLD did you score not 1 ... not 2 ... BUT 3 of the large door buster deals that everyone else and their dog was there for?!?!?

Yeah ... how you are picturing my face ... is exactly how I looked on the other end of the phone!!!

SHIT! I never talked about a budget!

My husband ... stood out in the freezing cold for SEVEN hours and lost feeling in his feet.  He helped some ladies along the way score some DVD players and helped some guy find a cheap lap top.  He got everything on "his list".  He then stood in line for another HOUR AN A HALF just waiting to get to a cash register.  Then once he got to a cash register ... it took him THIRTY MINUTES to finally get checked out because he just happened to get THE NEW GUY who had not been there very long and was screwing everything up!  THEN he waited another FOURTY FIVE minutes in the pick up zone ... to get all of the things that he bought. 

So if you are counting ... that is a grand total of ... nearly 11 hours Clint was at Nebraska Furniture Mart. 

When I asked him if he will he do it again next year?!?!?!

He quickly replied with ... Hell no!  Black Friday equals Death Friday.

So what did we learn today boys and girls?

1. Never ... EVER under estimate your husband when it comes to electronics.

2. If you are gonna stand in line for SEVEN hours ... always have a "buddy" with you for the moments that you have to go potty ... they can save your spot.

3. Clint left Nebraska Furniture Mart with something for each kid ... and himself.  Did you notice that he forgot someone?  Yeah ... me to. 

4. My husband can make a friend NO MATTER where he goes. From standing in
line at the Red Box to standing in line on Black Friday in 20 degree weather at Nebraska Furniture Mart.

5. Some people are PSYCHO on Black Friday.

6. Never ... I mean EVVVVV-ER under estimate your husband when it comes to
electronics.

7. You stay nice and warm when you shop online.

8. Be sure to wear multiple pairs of socks ... when standing in line for 7 hours in 20 degree weather.

9. According to Clint ... Nebraska Furniture Mart was disguised as hell today.

10. Never ... NO MATTER WHAT ... NEVER under estimare your husband when it comes to electronics.

Good Bye Black Friday ...

That's right ... Black Friday came in like a lion and out like a lamb.  Well ... alright ... that saying does not really apply to Black Friday.

But ... Black Friday is offically D.O.N.E.  All the "anticipation" on what is gonna be one sale ... the ba-ZILLION ad flyers that come in Thursday's paper ... the BlackFriday.com that sends you updates as stores post adds ... and yes ... even the IPhone App that could be downloaded to your phone just incase you needed some last minute help ... is O.V.E.R. 

*sigh of relief*

*anxiety level starting to go down*

Clint and I stuck to our "budget" ... for the most part.  Kind of.  Sort of.  We tried really hard.  Really we did!  I had a list!  I even carried the list with me the whole time.  THE WHOLE TIME!  I looked at it often.  I looked at it A WHOLE BUNCH!  But every darn time we went to go and pay ... the cashier was not telling us the dollar amount that I had "budget-ed" for those gifts.  So really ... it is the cashier's fault!  

Unfortunately ... the kids might possibly have to live off of mac-n-cheese for the next few weeks to cover the "oh crap we spent more than we planned to". 

Good thing is ... they like mac-n-cheese. 

Bad thing is ... I wanna gag every time I think of it.

*gag*

So ... basically ... if you call us living off of mac-n-cheese to "cover our asses" ... then we TOTALLY did our job as parents and stuck to the budget! 

*high five* to us being responsible parents in these hard economic times.

Merry Christmas children!

Good bye Black Friday ... see you again next year.  Well ... I will see you again.  I am not so sure Clinton is really a fan of you anymore.  Give him a few months to forget about the trama ... and he might have a change of heart in 365 day from now.  I would not hold my breath if I were you though.

comfy pajama pants are the bomb ...

Dear Comfy-$5-Black-Friday-door-buster-deal-pajama-pants from Old Navy: 

You were the best thing that I invested into today.  *yawn*  You complete me ... and will hopefully help me slip into a debit-card-shock-coma in just a few shorts hours. 

From an exhausted and totally drained Mommy/Wife that accompished all of her Black Friday goals.

Black Friday Update ... *PART ONE*

Just a little update at 1:30ish am on how our Black Friday is going so far ...


Me ... I got some AMAZING deals at GAP and Old Navy!  BOO-YA!!!  SCORE!!!  YIPEE SKIPPY!!!  HELL YAH!!!  WOOT WOOT!!!  Nothing like pajama pants for $5!!!  And yes ... in case you are wondering ... the Pajama Pants are for me.  But I did get some things for the kids ... and even got a couple of things for that awesome husband of mine.

OH YEAH ... I hit up The Children's Place online ... Thursday after lunch and got the kids each a complete outfit (multiple shirts, tights/leggings (no those are not for Eythen), jeans, skirts (yet again ... the denim skirts are not for Eythen) and cool shoes ... and did not even come close to spending a $100!  AHHH-MAZING sale I must say!!! 

Clint ... on the other hand.  Well ... he left at MIDNIGHT to go and stand in line at Nebraska Furniture Mart. The doors do not even open up until SEVEN! I have a gut feeling that when he gets there ... the line will still be wrapped around the building multiple times. But ... he is certain he is getting there early enough in advance to score some of the MAJOR electronic sales that they have going on. The sales are really good I must say ... but when there are limited quanities and they only allow one item per customer ... you know that everyone and their dog-second cousin-1st grade teacher-neighbor down the road-and the crazy person you see talking to themselves walking down the street will ALL be there WAY before Clint even pulls into the parking lot.


But hey ... you gotta give him credit for attempting it! Most husbands volunteer to stay home and babysit while the wives go shopping on Black Friday. Not mine. The man means business when it comes to his electronics.


P.S. In case any of you are wondering if I am worried how much he will spend once he gets through the doors at Nebraska Furniture Mart. The answer is no ... I am not worried at all.  I deep down know that he is not even gonna come close to making it through the doors before all the "Door Busters" at 7am are long gone.


May the force be with you Clinton!

Black Friday ...

Money/Husband *check* - Shopping list *check* - Plan of attack *check* - Sweats *check* - Nike shoes *check* - Amazing neighbors to babysit *check* - Ability to flash a dirty look in 2.5 seconds to anyone that cuts me off, elbows me or grabs what I want *check* 

All the basics anyone needs for Black Friday.

Peace Out Bitches!

I suddenly just realized ...

... that Black Friday ...

is America's version of running with the bulls.