Where to start? Dave went hunting in Illinois. He left on Tuesday, November 18. On Thursday, November 20 - Ben turned 13. On Friday, November 21 - Ben had a party with two friends over. On Saturday, November 22 Jessica came home for the week and we all went to see Mockingjay at the Movie Theater. Also on Saturday, November 22 Joe began Driver's Education class. Sat, Sun, Mon, and Tues from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. On Sunday, November 23 while Joe was at class, Ben and Jess went to "paint" at Angelos and I went home for a short rest.
We usually do not put up our tree, etc. until after Thanksgiving. But I learned a lot last year which was Jessica's first year away from home. She came home for Thanksgiving and we shopped on Black Friday (LAST YEAR) and then on Saturday I got the tree and decorations out and she headed home. So THIS YEAR, I pulled the tree out on the Monday before Thanksgiving and slowly throughout the week, we decorated. So this year we got it done by Thanksgiving. On Thanksgiving Day we did the Turkey Trot. We came home and prepared our turkey, etc and ate about 4:00 p.m.
We had made our lists from the Black Friday ads. I had two things I wanted that would be guaranteed at Wal-Mart from 6 to 7. This is a great way to do it in my opionion. We have learned to arrive Wal-Mart at about 6:30 p.m. They have it mapped out where the "guaranteed" items will be. We went to one station and picked up a ticket and then we went to another station and picked up a ticket. Then Ben wanted a Xbox game so we went there. Well because we had a game, we had to pay at the Electronics counter which had a line of about three people (as opposed to the lines up front of about 100 people.) Worked out great. We were out of there by 7. We headed to Kohls. Jessica wanted a jewerly item that was a "doorbuster" at Kohls. We knew we were a little late for the doorbuster, but we thought we'd give it a chance. At the jewelry counter they had a "take a ticket" thing going on - like at the DMV. We were third in line with the ticket. When it was our turn, the clerk told us the first person bought all the doorbuster necklaces. So we asked her if there was another similar necklace for about the same price. So for about 15 dollars more we were able to purchase at the jewelry counter what Jessica wanted. The Kohls regular lined looped around the whole store, but since we bought jewelry we got to check out at jewelry.
Next to Herbergers for some makeup that was set aside for us until Black Friday so we could get the free item they were offering. Again we were given priority because we were at the Clinique counter buying Clinique. In and out. Then to Bath and Body Works which by now had been open a couple of hours. No lines whatsoever and great deals. Boom - we were done. Jessica did some of it on line and I had done some of it on line and we are pretty much done for the season. We didn't even get up early on Friday - we slept in.
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