Disappointment all around

Black Friday = Complete Disappointment this year!!

My sister and I have been going out at the ass-crack of dawn to go get some super good deals and get ALL of our Christmas shopping done in one day! This year...it totally sucked!!

Our first stop was Kohls-we arrived at 3:45am, waited in line, got in, got our stuff we wanted, checked out by 4:50am. Not bad...I was still optimistic at this point.

Next we swung over to American to try and get one of the red laptop deals advertised in the flier. Now I'm not completely naive to think that I was for sure gonna get one of these but I knew there were lots of TVs on sale so I was hoping people would be going to get those. We got there and were 12th in the 'Laptop/Computer' line. I was still hopeful at this point. AFTER 1 hour of waiting, I get to the front thinking, well there's got to be one of these left considering there were only 12 people in front of me, what are the chances they ALL wanted that laptop--well apparently those chances were really good. SOLD OUT! Argh--I walk away from American, 1 hour later, empty handed....

Now i'm just pissed, but yet, we press on. Next stop, Target. Since we were delayed at American, we get to Target 15 minutes after opening. YIKES. I have NEVER seen the parking lot as full as it was this year. In all the years I have been coming to Target, this was the worst I had seen it. Guess how many of the items I wanted were sold out.....THREE. OMG now i'm really just pissed. I can hardly control myself. We check out there (the line moves rather quickly here thank god) at 7:15am.

Next stop, Walmart! I scored one here by getting the LAST bag of extra big lego blocks for $10 for my nephew. I thought they were sold out but after pursuing the toy aisle, I stumbled upon the blocks in the wrong spot. Score one for me! However, the remaining three items on my list at Walmart....GONE.

Final stop before breakfast, Farm and Fleet. My favorite part about Farm and Fleet is the parking lot (can you sense the sarcasm here...). All I could muster up to buy here was a shovel...

Breakfast break at McDonalds....then around 10am we head to Michaels to get me some Christmas decorations for my new pad. Nothing eventful happened here.

Break time--nap, wrap gifts...head to ShopKo and Hobby Lobby. Break again, dinner, we head BACK out to the mall, grab a couple minor things and we finally arrive home for good at 9:45pm!! Whew what a day!

Overall, the deals were disappointing and I have to say it was the most crowded Black Friday I have ever participated in. However, in the end, my sister and I had a chance to hang out all day and enjoy some time together so even though I didn't get all my deals (or hardly any of them!) it was still worth waking up at 2am (I woke up early because I couldn't sleep, too excited I guess!) and shopping all day.

I look forward to next year....