Surviving Black Friday

So I survived Black Friday and even had a little fun! I first went to Kohl's. I drove over at 4am when the store opened hoping to get in as the crowd had finished entering. Lots of people were still entering but it wasn't too bad. I noticed they had a cart of free coffee and Krispy Kreme doughnuts there, DAMN! I missed it!. I also noticed while walking through the parking lot on my way to the store's entrance a man carrying a very heavy and large looking bed item... Like a featherbed or a down comforter. Hmm I thought to myself, I need to check out that to see if its on sale.

So I go in and head straight to the back by the bedding, where all of the crowds were. People were shuffling around a huge brown cardboard box looking for something. I was relaxed and happy, excited to be in the mix, with all of the excitement and energy. I walked over to a section were not many people were and I saw it, a large, ok it was HUGE feather bed package. I looked at it, checked the size and saw it was a King. cool! I had *just* overheard someone saying there aren't any more kings left... where are the kings someone said... people were obviously PO'd that apparently Kohl's had run out of whatever they wanted that was the King size. So thinking I might have a deal I grabbed it not knowing what the price was or what everyone else was searching for so desperately. Just as I was leaving with this 40 pound thing in my hand, another lady came up and grabbed the other one and said oh is this a king, I said yeah I just checked it. I said to her, how much are these? She replied in a can-you-freakin-believe-this-voice- $34.99. I said HUH!? And I said wow, so I took it, well I drug it all the way over to the knives, fighting people as they stood in the middle of the very small and crowded aisle. Before I walked over to the cutlery section (which was what I was actually there to get) I saw the large cardboard box that everyone was digging in and saw that the actual price for the featherbed was $79.99. Ok, so not as great a deal as $34.99 but still it was originally $169.99 and was priced at $79.99. Still a good deal. So I marched on, dragging this lump of feathers behind me. I got a rush of excitement as I saw the cutlery, hoping that they still had what was advertised as on sale. This set was originally $159.00 I think and it was $50.00 on Black Friday. Woo hoo! I quickly scanned the shelves and phew! plenty of them left, so I grabbed a box, opened it up to get a feel of the knives and was satisfied.

Off to the toy section... ugh wait a minute, what is this... a line all the way from the front of the store to the back?! Holy hell! I thought I better get in line and pay if I was ever going to get to Target for the $84.00 10" DVD player. They opened at 6am, so it being 4:30am I still had plenty of time but still. The lines were a mile long and I was having a mild anxiety attack with flashbacks to last year where I waited in line at Circuit City for close to FIVE hours to pay for my digital camera. Granted I saved about $200.00 so it was totally worth it and I love my new Nikon D50. Oh wait, its not new anymore! Its officially a year old! Happy Birthday baby!! So I was literally about to cry and abandon my lovely score of a featherbed & I realized that the customer service desk in the back was not crowded, so I quickly rushed over and got in line. I waited about 10 minutes and was done. And the best part? The King size featherbed was ideed $34.99!!!!!! woo hooo!! I was thrilled.

So I excused myself through the huge line, with this large featherbed on top of a cart that I scored at check out and all of these ladies were glaring at me, looking and wondering at how I was leaving coming from the *back* of the store. LMAO. It was priceless to see the looks on their faces. I know Kohl's like the back of my hand, I shop there at least 1 time a week and I knew that the CS center was able to do transactions as I've purchased things there myself in the past. I was smirking. LOL. I do wonder how long those poor people waited in line though. *giggle*. So I left and drove to Target.

more... later...