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25 November 2011
We’re preparing for a typical Thanksgiving this year. Mom, Jen, Brian, Jim and Lily are coming over, and there may be an appearance by one or more of our wayward friends. The turkey is provided by Lily and Co., who got it free after having spent so much money at Shop’N’Save. We put it in this morning.
Jen has to work very early on Black Friday, and will be staying until she has to leave. Hopefully everyone will be able to play games until then, or at least manage to stay lively and conversational.
The Rockettes just opened the Macy’s parade. What a great tradition that has become. I can’t help worrying that in a few short years the sight of beautiful legs will suddenly make me hungry for turkey.
Just before the guests arrive: Our plans for Black Friday haven’t changed, except we’ll probably get to where we’re going a little later than everyone else. Some places are opening at midnight. They’re messing with a fine holiday and the evil must be stopped.
Right after we ate: Dinner was great, but I think I forgot to take pictures. Oh well… they all look the same anyway! Games start as soon as the dishes are done. I’ll just close my eyes for a quick second…
Everyone’s about to go home: Jen and I are going to Best Buy for $4 flash drives and a new peripheral hard drive. Hopefully they still have some, since Best Buy was open at 10:00pm *on Thanksgiving*!!! WTF?!
The next day: Well, all the sales items that I wanted at Best Buy were gone, but I managed to snag a relatively cheap hard disk with a 500GB capacity. Marieke and I are going to Ross Park Mall for black Friday since we haven’t been there in a while. We’re not really looking for anything in particular, but if we find it, we’ll get it!
Back home on Black Friday: There was a line at least 150 cars long to get out of Ross Park Mall. They organized certain sections of the massive parking lot into guaranteed parking for $10. Not a bad idea, but we parked about 4 spaces away from all that and walked. It’s ok… we’re fine. Teavana is a really awesome shop, but all the associates work on commission, so it was hard to look at something without having your leg humped. One associate with below average looks decided that she wanted to ‘play house’ with me and began setting up a whole tea set with indications of where she would sit and where I would sit. Marieke was standing right next to me. Of course I was oblivious to the whole thing and just thought the associate was being nice. I was told that we’re not going back into that store.
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