Black Friday is one of my favorite days of the year! After Thanksgiving dinner, my mother takes the kids back to her house with her. That is usually the only day of the year my mother has the kids sleep over, and they love it because my mom sets up her Christmas tree and the kids decorate it with her. DH and I stay up late and usually the online Black Friday deals start in the wee hours, so we keep an eye out for them.
DH and I have our list of stores we want to go to, and we figure out which is the most "important" store to hit. We get there super early, and usually get there before anyone else. We sit in the van, so we stay warm, and we don't get out until we see the first person get in line at the store. So we are always second in line.
We have separate lists of what we want to get in that store. DH is a much faster runner than I am, so the best things go on his list. I love watching him run past the crowd to get to whatever widjit the kids want most each year!
After the first store, we take a more relaxed pace and hit the other stores on our list.
After we have visited every store we planned to, we go home and unload all the goodies, and go through them and make a list of what we bought before hiding the stuff in the attic so the kids won't see it.
And then we rest for a bit, before going out for lunch on the way to pick up the children from my mother.
