RING! RING!
“What the hell?”
RING! RING!
“It’s 4:00 in the freaking morning, why is my alarm going off? OHHHHH. Black Friday. Crap.”
And so it began…
We arrived at Wal-Mart at 4:45 a.m.. Yes you read that time correctly. Yes we are nuts. Your point? Anyway, the sale began at 5:00 a.m.. It was a 24 hour store so we were able to wait inside. Mom had looked at the ads the day before and decided she wanted a portable GPS. Garmin had a good one going for a great price. We had never shopped at Wal-Mart on Black Friday before but had heard how crazy it gets. We were a bit nervous.
We went to the electronics department and couldn’t find the GPS. We were told they would bring it out in a crate and unload at exactly 5:00 a.m.. They didn’t know precisely where in the electronics department it would be but somewhere. How helpful.
Lisa: “Mom, you stand over there, and I’ll stand over here. Between the two of us, one of us will see where they unload.”
Mom: “Good idea.”
I looked away for a minute in my bleary-eyed, coffee-deprived state. When I looked up, I saw Mom power walking down the aisle chasing a big man with a crate. I took off running after her and still couldn’t catch up. People around me were pushing and shoving. When I finally did reach Mom she was beaming as she held on tightly to her GPS. People all around her were snatching inside the crate. The store ran out of them within 2 minutes.
Go Mom.
Your mom is too cool! Way to go! That video link is just insane, I just can’t wrap my mind around being that excited to get into a Wal Mart LOL
That’s just too early in the AM for me, I was happily snoozing…
NUTZ I tell ya!!!!!!!!!! My SILs had a similar experience over a portable DVD player a few years ago – one walked away with a black eye from being elbowed. Ufffff!
Glad you’re safe and home.
I wonder if anyone ever figured out the cost versus degradation factor on something like that. I hate Walmart like cancer. But I’m glad you had some fun in all this. I think that was fun you were expressing?
My first thought was,”use it in good health!” Actually, I know she will love it.
Good for you and your Mom. You sound like a great shopping team. I was out shopping very early too, 3:30am to be exact. Kohl’s opened at 4am. I ended up not buying anything there because the line to the checkout was too crazy. (it was still fun though)
I’d make fun of you, but except for the fact that I showed up at walmart at 10:30 pm for a midnight sale, I did the EXACT same thing to get a Wii.
But I was sound asleep at that time Black Friday. Blissfully asleep.
And that is why I don’t do Black Friday. Too much craziness. But your mom totally rocks.
@ Se7: Thanks Hon. I think she’s awesome too!
As for happily snoozing, just count your blessings I didn’t call you to share my experiences at 5 a.m.
@ Seamus: Thankfully no bloodshed or bruises LOL.
@ Bud: It was a lot of fun!
@ L’empress: Thanks, I know she will!
@ Boo: You went and didn’t buy??? It just seems so wrong
And yes, good teamwork!
@ Vince: You’re just MEAN
@ Dagny: Thank you!!!
Your mom positively slays me.
You have to either be insane or a ninja to shop at the Wal on Black Friday.
So if I send you a picture of my nasty mail carrier, can Mom hadouken him or something???
I just got hubby a GPS for Christmas, but I ordered it at Amazon! NO WAY I shop on Black Friday ever again! Go Lisa’s mom, though. Chase down that Wally World guy!! LOL.
Nuts, indeed! That time of day is only proper for sleeping or … well, something else more related to bed than Wal-Mart!
– David
You could have given her your coordinates and saved some energy.
I’d love to borrow your mom, say, December 23rd – 24th, lol!
That’s the kind of stuff memories and blogs are made of
As a mom myself, all I can say is .. there have to be some perks to the job (oh, yeah, besides raising the little dahlings …)
If you know it is going to be the busiest shopping day of the year filled with the longest lines, the most frustration, and the most testty of people why would you go?
The deals aren’t any better on that day then they are on December 18th.
15+ years in retail. trust me. Stay home and sleep next year. Make a turkey omlette that day for breakfast.
Shopping (like parking) = competition.
I almost got in a fist fight over a purple silk top with this Asian chick last Friday.
Good thing the two of you tag-teamed. That way if one gets their ass kicked, the other can drag her out for first aid.
Just reading that had me all tensed up.
How many elbows did Mom throw??
Tell her Slick said “You go girl!”
OK… just so you know… there is NUTTIN in my life that would be worth setting the alarm at 4.00 a.m… Nothing I can think of right now, anyway…
Wow, you’re the first person I know now that went before 5am!! AMAZING!!!!
One word of advice from this insanity. Come back to the light.
Seriously. I have HUGE respect for anyone willing to brave the black friday crowds. The closest I ever get is Amazon Online.
You’re a much braver woman than I LisaB! That video is hilarious… are the savings really worth it?
I too went to Wal-Mart on Black Friday and bought the Dell laptop. It was insane!! I did grab a few things while I was there. I had to ditch the cart because it was wall to wall people. Some kid was on his cell phone telling whoever he was speaking to that he was in hell. It was pretty funny.
Thanks for the cookies, Dear, they were great but one of my readers came by and, not finding me home, took some plus I think there is a bear in the cave with me and though I’ve never seen it, I know I didn’t eat all of those.
You brightened the place up, the afterglow still emanates. I’ve heard you can do this everywhere.
Speaking, unfortunately, virtually about it all, that is.
LOL!!!! Please, shoot me the first time I ever show up ANYWHERE for a Black Friday sale. You now know what a sign of the Apocolypse is.
You know…you can shop online and miss all those crazies right? And this is coming from the guy who stood outside with his parents to get the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, Tickle Me Elmo, Furby, etc…yeah.
Hilarious! Your mom is a true shopping warrior!
wow your mom sounds awesome…damn that is early to be shopping and knowing what you want!!