Did anyone do Black Friday? Thanksgiving was great @ our place. I am still trying to sift through pix and see what I want to post. I am also trying to find a way to add a slideshow to my blog. I do not have the Microsoft Office Suite on my computer so I have to find an alternate way. I am slow to search.
My dad and I were on a mission to purchase a top of the line laptop from Best Buy. Best Buy was running a special for an almost top of the line laptop for $299.99! we live in a small town so we thought we need only arrive slightly early to stand in line to get our laptop. When we arrived @ Best Buy, 45 minutes early, a line had been formed and already doubled back around the building! OK, we laughed our asses off and hopped back in the truck. Papaw, my dad, decided we could log on to see if there were any online specials. On the way to the computer we happened by Wal Mart! Papaw says lets check it out. It was 3:07. Once in Wal Mart we discovered there was a laptop going on sale @ 5am, better than the Best Buy's, for the same price! There was no one in line for it. We waited. By 4am someone else was in line behind us. 5am we purchased our laptop and ran to the truck to go home for a nap! Why do this? Was it such a great deal it was worth loosing sleep over? Yes and yes. We waited in line for a mere 2 hours to save $658.98!
The best part for me was just being there with my dad, Papaw as he is known to my kids. He has worked hard all his life, like most dads no doubt, but he has played hard too. My dad is a fisherman. You would never catch him in a store if he weren't purchasing fishing equipment, NEVER! Christmas time in years past, my dad paid me and my sister to complete all the shopping. He actually commented he had a fun time hanging out waiting around @ Wal Mart @ 3 AM with me and that it was well worth it. I agree. My sister has requested a laptop for the previous 2 years @ every gift giving occasion and now we will all witness her face Christmas day as she unwraps a laptop she has longingly coveted. I can't wait! That is the stuff memories are made of.
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