Le Black Friday

For my family, Black Friday shopping is unnecessary and fun.

We did it anyway, heading to Wal-Mart at 9:15 to get into clumps of people settled in around $2.84 waffle makers. Let me tell you, those people are crazy. Not regular crazy, like "My friend drives 50 miles an hour in the 45 zone" crazy. More like "I have a gun and will shoot you if you take that $18 Spiderman pillow from me" crazy.

Well, I wanted a waffle maker. But I was going to be okay if I didn't make it out with one.

The lady in front of me was not going to be okay. In fact, she was quite threatening. My brother was in the clump with me to help me get what I (and my sister-in-law) wanted. He is an outgoing person, and he made a lot of jokes about how everyone was so intense for something so silly.

That lady couldn't stand it. She leaned back to her friend and said, "That boy's been mouthin' off this whole time, and if he gets a waffle maker and I don't, I'm gonna take him down."

Hol' up, excuse me?

When the frenzy began, people dived in to grab what they wanted. Unfortunately for my face, some people grabbed the hard cardboard boxes and swung them back to meet my open eye. My open eye hates visitors into its home.

Turns out there were more than enough waffle makers, so thankfully, my brother did not get cut by the waffle-maker-crazed woman.

Next we headed to Target, to stand in line for a decent two hours. There was nothing we needed at Target either, but if we were already out, why not stay out?

At midnight the line ebbed into the store at a rate of 30 people per 8 seconds (I am not making that up.) The line quickly formed into a mob, yelling at people trying to cut. One lady tried to rip my mother's arm away from me, which I responded to by yelling, "I'll never let you go, mother!"

I ended up letting her go like Rose letting Jack go off of the door floating in the middle of an ocean full of cold people. True story.

My face is okay now, even though it was smacked again by a 52" TV while I was innocently looking at DVDs. I guess Modern Family is a popular show.

Thanksgiving Photos!!

Oh, my day? I'll tell you about my day.

Yesterday was insane, and I don't even have a picture to prove it.

I began my day forgetting homework, my USB drive, and having to retype some papers. Not too hot of a start.

And then...I went shopping with two of my gal pals. We apparently picked the perfect day too, because there was a one-day-only sale--40% off reduced prices (which were already 60% off!) Needless to say, we bought lots of clothes. I got a dress for the RFC spring banquet for a whopping $15, and altogether, I saved $147. We were quite proud of ourselves.

While we were checking out, we heard some loud crashing behind us. The cashier looked up and said, "Oh my gosh."

We were witnessing a robbery.

A man (with saggy pants) was running through the ladies' department (holding up the aforementioned saggy pants with one hand) with two bulky men chasing after him. Word in the store is that he had a gun, too. After staring in shock at the scene, we saw the man run out of the doors, followed by some more crashing. The cashiers (eventually) checked us out, and we left the mall. We were scared silly, thinking someone would kill us as we exited through the same doors as the robber.

Later that night, I and my Baggo-buddy had another Baggo game, with another win and another loss. (Guess how we won.)

Alright, since I didn't have pictures of the robbery, shopping, or missing homework--by the way, I JUST found my USB drive--here are some other random pictures from the week!

Here's some of my favorite ladies watching their boyfriends play...and coach...intramural football! (The two girls to my side were the ones with me during the robbery.)
This is what I look like when I laugh.