Black Friday!

You know... I just don't get excited about Black Friday like I used to. Ever since my disappointment a few years ago when I went to a midnight opening at an outlet mall and came away with nothing worthwhile. Plus, the fact that you can get a vast majority of the black friday deals online on Thanksgiving Day REALLY make standing in line unappealing, especially n the cold! Plus, I hate getting up early.

So why am I posting about Black Friday?

Eric and I did something different this year. We went to Ikea. We figured there wouldn't be Back Friday crowds there and figured this may be our last opportunity to go this year. There were a few things we wanted to look at, so why not? And we were right... no crowds until we were about to leave. Probably sent too much money, as usual, but we did come away with some things we were looking for. Score!

Then we made the mistake of going to a few stores that were 'mall adjacent' since we had some time. That mall was insane! I guess we should've expected that, but we weren't really thinking about that - we just figured the stores we were going to wouldn't be busy. And comparatively, they weren't. But their parking fields were filled with mall shoppers! Boo!!

But speaking of Black friday shopping, as I mentions, I DID do some of mine on Thanksgiving Day. While shopping and thinking about my list, I realized I really don't have much left. And most of what I still need, I know what I'm getting. There are a few lingering questions, mostly about the gifts the men in my life want (husband, father, bro-in-law, even my nephew)... why are guys so hard to shop for?? But I'll figure it out. I always do.