Black Friday
The picture was taken at my local Target around 11 a.m. As you can see, no lines, no waits.
After yesterday's Thanksgiving feast, I decided not to go out this morning before the crack of dawn, even though I was awake. Instead, I looked at all of the circulars, checked my e-mail for coupons, and visited online retailers to comparative shop. And when it looked as if I could knock out most of the kids' Christmas items in one swoop, I jumped at the chance. Besides, I love shopping in crowds.
To my surprise, it wasn't that crowded. The only place I would not recommend going is Toys-R-Us. Save the anxiety and shop online. I walked in, looked at the lines trailing to the back of the store, and walked out. Besides, I found everything I was looking for at Target.
This year, Tim and I are putting an emphasis on the joy of the holiday season by de-emphasizing toys and gift giving. We don't have a lot of money to spend, nor do we want to. But, I do like a good sale. I did so well that I'm halfway done with my holiday shopping.
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Mere and I have agreed to give each other the gift of cleaning and organizing the basement for Christmas. Romantic, ain't it?
With five children though, who didn't destroy their toys much, and weren't into the latest branded items, we accumulated such a good supply of hand down toys (such as Lego) that it was hard to know what to get them sometimes.