If you don't think it's worth waking up...

For all those critics of the early morning shoppers the day after thanksgiving, I just want to tell you the great deals that i found so maybe you'll consider getting up at 4:45 or earlier next "Black Friday"! So, I woke up bright and early, although there was nothing bright about the sky, it was pitch black, hence the "Black" Friday! As I was driving, the temperature in my car kept reading lower and lower and lower. I thought, when i first looked at it, it had said 43...not too bad, but that was b/c it was parked in the garage all night. While driving, at first I thought to myself, what am i doing up? Then, I thought, no, this is exciting and I couldn't wait to get to the stores! By the time I rolled into the Old Navy parking lot, the temp. now read 23...aah, a little colder! I decided to park in the Dick's Sporting goods parking lot instead, as that would be my 2nd stop and then I'd be closer to my car to get to the 3rd destination. So, I ran across to Old Navy, grabbed fleeces, jeans, snow pants for Aja and headed to the check out...which was pretty much half way back in the store. No problem, I knew it would be like this, so i still have patience! Finally, checking out, i felt good about my purchases for family members for this christmas. As I walked out, still in zombie mode, i hear my name and it's my neighbor. She tells me that they found out they are having a little boy, their second! How exciting! And to find out at 5:15A.M. in Old Navy. Next, I was on my way to capture my running shoes that were advertised at $35 off the original price!! They still had them when I got there! Yippee! While at the check out, my total came to $85...and the manager told the cashier, "close enough" and he handed me a $20 gift card!! I found out later that you needed to spend $100 to get it, so i felt pretty lucky! Now to Kohl's. People galore! When I finally got in line around 7:30A.M., i waited in a line that wrapped around the entire store on the inside! So, by 8:15, I was on my way home! Aja had just woken up and was eating breakfast with Aaron. Then, later that afternoon, we quickly had my friend Kim take our picture for our Christmas greeting card. If you got the order in by that day, it was a pack of 20 for $5...normally a pack of 20 is $15...so we saved $30 bucks!! Hurray! Ok, so it was a good day! Definitely worth it in my opinion!