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But I'm not in love with Black Friday.
Here's the problem. Black Friday overwhelms me. There are too many good deals. I feel like I am being attacked by hundreds of dollars of savings everywhere I turn, but I can only handle saving dollars and cents. Black Friday massive savings deals are too advanced, too scary for me- I'm still just an amateur at this whole saving money thing.
I saw the ads. I know I could have saved on just about anything- TVs, cameras, Xboxes, furniture, clothes, computers, etc. Half off! Hundred dollar savings! Opening at midnight! The ads flashed in my face. But it all just intimidated me instead of excited me. So I ignored the "screaming deals", (That's my mom's official term) slept in on Friday morning, and tried to pretend that the rest of the world wasn't out saving thousands of dollars while I was snuggled deep down under my plush down comforter.
My best friend, CrazyA called Friday morning around nine. I knew exactly what she wanted. She wanted to know if I was still planning on going shopping with her- as the plan had been for the last week.
I ignored the phone call. If I didn't go out shopping, I would never know what great deals I was missing out on, right?
Thirty seconds later, CrazyA texted, "We still going shopping?"
I didn't return the text.
Then she called again.
And that's how I ended up meeting her in the parking lot half an hour later. I invited Hubs to come along. He said he would rather choke himself. That settled that.
(Random side note: Getting into our car, we were approached by two Colombians, a man and a woman, needing a ride to the mall. We were happy to give them a lift, and when we dropped them off at the mall, we asked if they would be needing a ride back. They said probably not, because they were intending to buy a mattress, and they wouldn't be able to fit that into our car. Which leaves us to wonder, exactly how were they planning to get that mattress back to their apartment?)
We didn't hit our first store until 10:30, and I was convinced we would have missed all the best deals by now. But miracle upon miracles, we didn't! In fact, we scored several great Black Friday deals. And it wasn't nearly as hard as I thought it would be! In fact, it was easy!
Now, I can't go into too much detail about said screaming deals, because most of the people that I was buying for read this blog. So I will just give you some vague clues so you can be impressed with how much money I saved. Be impressed!
50% off gift certificates to an anonymous place to eat
50% off gift certificates to an anonymous place that offers some kind of pampering service
60% off an unlimited amount of anonymous entertainment
30% off pieces of anonymous clothing/accessories
And that's all I can tell you! No more hints, you little snoops!
Black Friday better watch out. Now that I've done it once, there's no stopping me. Next Black Friday is going to be epic. (Yes, I said epic even though I hate the word. Yes, I am ashamed of myself.)
Now it's Sunday night. Sunday night at 8:00 is a hard hour for me. It is the hour that I admit defeat and realize that the weekend doesn't last forever, Monday morning is indeed right around the corner, and that I can no longer ignore the stack of 160 research papers waiting to be graded. Yes. I said 160.
(Alright, listen students, if you're reading this, I'm making you a deal. I won't show up if you don't show up. Kapish?)
