Black Friday (dun dun dun!)
So I said something about Black Friday at work and someone asked if I was being racist.
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I work with really smart people.
Anyway, my Thanksgiving was good. As I mentioned in my last post I worked all night, I made my own meatloaf (it cooked in the slow cooker while I worked all night) and then I came home to stuff my face. Today after work I bought a half priced pumpkin pie from the bakery at Meijer and also bought a huge carton of cool whip, and I plan to eat it later while chilling all day. I totally needed something sweet and I didn't have any desert yesterday. It's my first day off in a week. I'm pumped because I just had my first "Black Friday" shopping experience ever (and yes, I am racist...it's not "African American" Friday in my house). It was crazy but not as bad as I expected. I feel a weird fierce loyalty to Kmart because I live in an apartment behind their store and so I walked there for their sale, and I waited in line. this was freezing cold, but actually not as bad as it sounds. I'm a freak, so I actually like waiting in line, because I like chatting with people. we were all bleary eyed and chatty and the staff of the store had made coffee for us, so that was a nice gesture. It was actually kind of fun, and seeing people pile into the store made me feel good because KMart is always on the brink of bankruptcy so it was nice to know they were making some sales (I told you, me and KMart, we're close). While I didn't get the doorbuster item I was mainly looking for ($10 MP3 Player, on sale from $40, and believe me, when they call it a "doorbuster" they fucking mean it, you have to bust the door down to be able to nab the damn thing) I did get 2 awesomely cool $5 barbie dolls for my "Angel Tree" kid from church. For those who don't know what my hip cool slang means, an "Angel Tree" kid is a poor kid whose parents fill out a slip of paper asking for gifts so they can give the kid a Christmas...I'm all about that...once the paper is filled out, the parents tie the paper to a tree somewhere, maybe the Walmart or Kmart entryway (not the Meijer entryway, because we are heartless and don't care to help poor children) but anyway, my church hosts an Angel Tree too, so I grabbed a name right away, and this girl and I are in sync. She loves Barbies and Hannah Montana, and she loves the color pink...yes, I realize I just admitted to liking Hannah Montana. Yes I am secretly twelve years old. Yes, I am comfortable with this. I also happened to notice in my shopping the "When a Stranger Calls" remake on sale for $3.99, so I nabbed that too. I know a lot of people hate that movie, but I liked it, so I'm pretty happy that I got it for cheap and I can watch it any time I want. Plus I managed to order my MP3 player online, so I got that, too. Yes, I NEED another MP3 player. Yes this was a good use of my money. It IS TOO, shut up, what are you, my MOM? Ok, while I may not NEED it, this MP3 player is better than mine; this one is rechargeable and it holds 2 gig of data, so it was a good deal and I'm pumped (plus it's all cute and pink...yes, I have issues, we know this). All in all a good start to what I hope is a good day. This is my Thanksgiving.
The tag with the kid's info said she liked Barbies, Hannah Montana, pink, and animal books. For this program, they wanted us to provide one piece of clothing, one toy, and one book per child. SCREW THAT. I will scrounge through every bargain bin I can find until I find enough things to hopefully make her a happy kid at Christmas. I totally went over the limit. Oh well. They can sue me later.
At first I had her present in a plastic bag, but soon it outgrew that, so now it's in a pink vacuum box, which was the only box I had available at the time.
These are all the barbies. I bought the first because I liked her outfit and she was the coolest looking $5 Barbie I could find, and then Ken dolls went on sale at Meijer for $3, so I bought her the ken. He has real hair! Then I got the last two at Kmart today. The Barbie is really pretty, she has a cool outfit, and she has sparkling lips like my Angel Tree kid will have when she uses the sparkling lip gloss I gave her! These were totally cool Barbies that lucky for me went on sale so I could nab them up for over 50% off.
This is her "boring" shirt. It's not totally boring, as it has a sparkly silver stripe, and when I was a kid I would have liked it, so I hope she likes it. This was on sale for $4 at my beloved Kmart.
I went crazy at the dollar store and bought her some Hannah Montana flare. I got her this lip gloss because it's sparkly and I hope her mom isn't freaky about her kid wearing makeup, I got her this journal for her thoughts because every girl needs a journal, I got her these notepads and pens namely because of the pen (every girl needs a Hannah Montana pen...I have one...again, we all know I'm insane, so let's just accept that and move on) and I got her this trivia card game because I figured she'd like it.
After searching three stores I finally found a goddamn animal book. The tag said she wanted animal books, so you think I could find any? NO. But dollar store to the rescue, they had this book about tigers, so I hope she likes it. It's got cool facts and cute pictures.
This is what I'm really proud of...I found this shirt on clearance at Meijer for $3.90, and it's adorable. It's pink and sparkly and I hope my kid likes it.
Also:
When I get my new MP3 player, I'm filling it with this song 1,000 times so I don't have to hit repeat and I can listen to it all day:
...
I work with really smart people.
Anyway, my Thanksgiving was good. As I mentioned in my last post I worked all night, I made my own meatloaf (it cooked in the slow cooker while I worked all night) and then I came home to stuff my face. Today after work I bought a half priced pumpkin pie from the bakery at Meijer and also bought a huge carton of cool whip, and I plan to eat it later while chilling all day. I totally needed something sweet and I didn't have any desert yesterday. It's my first day off in a week. I'm pumped because I just had my first "Black Friday" shopping experience ever (and yes, I am racist...it's not "African American" Friday in my house). It was crazy but not as bad as I expected. I feel a weird fierce loyalty to Kmart because I live in an apartment behind their store and so I walked there for their sale, and I waited in line. this was freezing cold, but actually not as bad as it sounds. I'm a freak, so I actually like waiting in line, because I like chatting with people. we were all bleary eyed and chatty and the staff of the store had made coffee for us, so that was a nice gesture. It was actually kind of fun, and seeing people pile into the store made me feel good because KMart is always on the brink of bankruptcy so it was nice to know they were making some sales (I told you, me and KMart, we're close). While I didn't get the doorbuster item I was mainly looking for ($10 MP3 Player, on sale from $40, and believe me, when they call it a "doorbuster" they fucking mean it, you have to bust the door down to be able to nab the damn thing) I did get 2 awesomely cool $5 barbie dolls for my "Angel Tree" kid from church. For those who don't know what my hip cool slang means, an "Angel Tree" kid is a poor kid whose parents fill out a slip of paper asking for gifts so they can give the kid a Christmas...I'm all about that...once the paper is filled out, the parents tie the paper to a tree somewhere, maybe the Walmart or Kmart entryway (not the Meijer entryway, because we are heartless and don't care to help poor children) but anyway, my church hosts an Angel Tree too, so I grabbed a name right away, and this girl and I are in sync. She loves Barbies and Hannah Montana, and she loves the color pink...yes, I realize I just admitted to liking Hannah Montana. Yes I am secretly twelve years old. Yes, I am comfortable with this. I also happened to notice in my shopping the "When a Stranger Calls" remake on sale for $3.99, so I nabbed that too. I know a lot of people hate that movie, but I liked it, so I'm pretty happy that I got it for cheap and I can watch it any time I want. Plus I managed to order my MP3 player online, so I got that, too. Yes, I NEED another MP3 player. Yes this was a good use of my money. It IS TOO, shut up, what are you, my MOM? Ok, while I may not NEED it, this MP3 player is better than mine; this one is rechargeable and it holds 2 gig of data, so it was a good deal and I'm pumped (plus it's all cute and pink...yes, I have issues, we know this). All in all a good start to what I hope is a good day. This is my Thanksgiving.
The tag with the kid's info said she liked Barbies, Hannah Montana, pink, and animal books. For this program, they wanted us to provide one piece of clothing, one toy, and one book per child. SCREW THAT. I will scrounge through every bargain bin I can find until I find enough things to hopefully make her a happy kid at Christmas. I totally went over the limit. Oh well. They can sue me later.
At first I had her present in a plastic bag, but soon it outgrew that, so now it's in a pink vacuum box, which was the only box I had available at the time.
These are all the barbies. I bought the first because I liked her outfit and she was the coolest looking $5 Barbie I could find, and then Ken dolls went on sale at Meijer for $3, so I bought her the ken. He has real hair! Then I got the last two at Kmart today. The Barbie is really pretty, she has a cool outfit, and she has sparkling lips like my Angel Tree kid will have when she uses the sparkling lip gloss I gave her! These were totally cool Barbies that lucky for me went on sale so I could nab them up for over 50% off.
This is her "boring" shirt. It's not totally boring, as it has a sparkly silver stripe, and when I was a kid I would have liked it, so I hope she likes it. This was on sale for $4 at my beloved Kmart.
I went crazy at the dollar store and bought her some Hannah Montana flare. I got her this lip gloss because it's sparkly and I hope her mom isn't freaky about her kid wearing makeup, I got her this journal for her thoughts because every girl needs a journal, I got her these notepads and pens namely because of the pen (every girl needs a Hannah Montana pen...I have one...again, we all know I'm insane, so let's just accept that and move on) and I got her this trivia card game because I figured she'd like it.
After searching three stores I finally found a goddamn animal book. The tag said she wanted animal books, so you think I could find any? NO. But dollar store to the rescue, they had this book about tigers, so I hope she likes it. It's got cool facts and cute pictures.
This is what I'm really proud of...I found this shirt on clearance at Meijer for $3.90, and it's adorable. It's pink and sparkly and I hope my kid likes it.
Also:
When I get my new MP3 player, I'm filling it with this song 1,000 times so I don't have to hit repeat and I can listen to it all day:
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