Black Friday

I am not much of a shopper. Maybe it's because we never have extra money to blow but whatever the reason I never shop just to shop...my shopping always is out of necessity. Well, we will be needing another laptop next year for Parker who will begin Switched on Schoolhouse, which is a computer based program my kids do for school that starts in 3rd grade. When I saw that a 4MG HP laptop was going to be on sale at Walmart on black Friday for $289 I toyed with the idea of getting up early and going. I mean that is a SUPER deal. But after getting the opinions of a few regular shoppers and reading the weather report. I decided that I was not going. But that all changed when I woke up a little before 4 am and tried to go back to bed but failed. Finally at 4:30 when I was still awake I decided to go at least try...I mean hey I was already up right? I pulled into the parking lot of Walmart at exactly 4:43 to a sea of cars and about 100 people lined up at the door in the pouring rain. I got in line. Walmart got smart this year and had baracades up, plenty of police, and were only letting groups of about 20 people in at time. I was in the door at about 5:05 and headed directly to where the map they gave me said the laptops would be located. They were handing out tickets to the people who got there first. You couldn't actually grab the merchandise yourself. By the time I got to the ticket lady the were out! No more tickets. The store was a zoo and you could not get to the next item on your list. I turned around and walked out only to find 100 more people standing in line waiting to get in the door. I sure hope they were not there for a laptop! To all you Black Friday shopper out there...I think you are crazy...but I hope you got your deals. I think I would have had to get in line at 3am to get one and I'm not that dedicated. I did not have luck and will NOT be shopping on Black Friday again. It was a waste of my time and too much stress. I will stick to online shopping with free shipping and wait for the next best deal to roll around. And if you are out there shopping this black rainy Friday....good luck and God Bless YOU!!!!