Black Friday

Andrew and Felix have been planning all week how to get a Nintendo 360 from Walmart's Black Friday sale at 5:00AM. They decided that they would spend the night at Walmart, so at 11:00 we took the boys to Walmart found where the Nintendo 360's were and gave the boys, "THE LECTURE" on how to behave, be polite, and be safe. They were so excited to be able to be there all night. (Andrew has Basketball practice Friday morning at 9:00am) But, they were determined to get a 360. We figured it was a good life experience, and there was a very nice older gentleman in line ahead of the boys who said he would watch out for them.
So, I gave them my list and figured then I could skip the Walmart portion of my black Friday shopping that was going to begin at 3:30am. At least I could get three hours of sleep before having to get up.
Megan slept on the couch all ready to go. When I woke her up at 3:30, she bounced right up and was ready to fly. This was her first Black Friday shopping, I have always gone by myself, so I was looking forward to having some company. As we went over the 42nd Avenue bridge and saw JCPenny's I couldn't believe all the cars that were outside of Penny's (Our 1st stop) I almost decided to skip Penny's because I only needed one item, but Megan talked me out of it (Could it be because it was a Birthday present for her that was on my list????) So, we went in and got her karoke machine (Yes, she knew what she was getting) and checked out. We didn't wait in any lines, which is so unusual. Then we hit Kohl's, Macy's, Gordmans, BurgerKing, and finally JoAnn Fabrics.

We picked up the boys in between Macy's and Gordmans (Doug was in line at Herbergers). The boys were successful (Ninetendo 360, 2 games, and another controller). Andrew was so excited. He said he couldn't believe how people were acting, but the guy in front of him and the boys came up with a plan so that they could get everything that they wanted. Andrew got the games, Felix got the camera (which was for me) and the guy got the 360's. It worked because they were all successful. Felix was totally amazed. He said he had never seen anything like this before (Never in Switzerland). But, the boys also said they had the best time and ended up playing guitar hero all night. From 4-5 am was the longest because the lines were growing and everyone was getting excited.

Doug took the boys home from Gordman's. Andrew called me shortly after leaving me, because Doug told him since the 360 was a Christmas present we should wrap it and he couldn't play with it. (He was kidding of course) But take a 15 year old, who has not slept all night, gets a new toy, and then can't play with it. Andrew didn't take it well and called me. (Hmmm...just two weeks ago, Doug found out about the watch I bought him for Christmas and bugged me for days for it as an early Christmas present). Like father...Like son!

I must be getting older, because by 7:00am, I was done shopping and home sleeping. I slept for a few hours and then spent the rest of the day doing nothing but watching t.v. Megan tried to get me to go out again, but I just didn't have the energy. The boys left with Doug to go to Bismarck and spend Saturday hunting, my guess is that the boys slept the whole way there.