The Blackest Friday
“Black Friday” seems to start earlier every year. Kohls announced that they would be opening at 4 AM this year, so the original plan was to wake up at 2:30 AM and get to Kohls by 3 AM to wait in line. After looking at the Kohls ad, however, Chrissy changed our plans. Instead, we woke up at 2:30 AM to arrive at Toys R Us in Merrillville by 3:30 AM. Since we got there so early, we were in the first quarter of the huge line, waiting in the thirty-degree cold for 5 AM to come. Note the repeated use of “AM” here — this was damn early, people!
Toys R Us had about a dozen things that we wanted, and not all of them were for me. Chrissy bought a lot of items for Aiden this year, including presents for Christmas, Easter and his next birthday. They had a Cybertron Optimus Prime for half off in the sales ad (which I wanted), but they didn’t actually have any in the store. We got everything else that we came for though, and actually made it out of the store before the end of the line had made it in the front door.
We also visited Kohls, but not until 5:30 AM, well after they opened. The line inside the store was wrapped all the way around the building. It took an hour and a half to get to the checkout counter. I stood in line while Chrissy brought back items to add to the pile. Before long, I was pushing two huge stacks of boxes and a completely filled shopping bag around the store with me in line. We had a coupon for an additional 15% off, so we totally killed in there.
All of our Christmas shopping was done by this point, but we always stop by the mall to buy some clothes before we close out “Black Friday”. We browsed the Woodfield Southlake Mall and then headed home by 10 AM for a nap. I would not fully recuperate for two days. To cap it all off, Kohls charged us twice for a crock pot, so we had to go back to Merrillville for a refund later that afternoon. Since we were already out that way (and we had Aiden with us this time), we went to Aunt Linda’s to see Sandy and Eric (and families), as they are rarely in town at the same time.
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