After Thanksgiving Sale Crazies...

I went, I saw, I lived to tell about it.

That's right, I braved the early morning hours, the blistering cold, and the swarms of deal-seeking shoppers on the day after Thanksgiving sales... at Target! Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

Scary, I know. But for my defense, I only went to one store at 6am and returned home promptly one hour later w/ my loot to my nice warm bed (which coincidentally had a sleeping sister under the covers!). I am NOT one of the crazies!

I went on a strict mission. As many of you know, I am a Target-oholic. I shop there about once per pay check and spend WAY too much. I had recently purchased 2 new winter coats which are marvelous! See ONE here and the OTHER here (which looks much cuter in person). I went to the sale to get the discount on both coats so that I didn't have to take one back. I bundled up at 5:45am and made my way to the store. I figured, "Damn... it is early... maybe I'll be one of the only ones." Please note I have NEVER been shopping the day after Thanksgiving... so I had no grounds to base that assumption on. Boy was I wrong. I showed up and the parking lot was packed to the brim. I had to park at Costco. I brought along my bags filled with the coats... stood in line at Customer Service for a good 20 mins... only to find out that neither coat was on sale. Bastards!

I figured I was already there, might as well see what they DID have on sale. I was surprised. There were some good deals, but I guess I expected the whole damn store to be 2 for 1 or something. Some items were flying off the shelves. There was a HUGE line near the digital cameras, so I steered clear of that area and continued my shopping. I purchased a few clothing items, nothing too extravagant. I bought one good purchase: An alarm clock that you hook your iPod up to. See it HERE. At the store it was originally $130 and I got it for $79. I thought that was a pretty good deal. But I really want THIS one... so maybe I'll give the Target one as a gift. Guess I'm partial to having a remote.

I also "accidentally" bought one two books. Opps! All who know me know I have a book-buying problem! Don't you all fret... there are plenty of books to buy me from my amazon.com wishlist! hee hee hee

All in all it was an OK experience which I will never repeat again unless they are handing out books for free :-)