Black Friday

[pearlbubbles]

Black Friday is always my favorite. Last year, I got to be the greeter at the store I worked at because the other six girls weren't nearly as cheerful at 6:30 in the morning or so.... But the important thing was that I made it out in time to go to the football game.

This year, I start work two hours earlier at 3:45, so I am pretty excited... But once again I am off in time to catch the game.

My advice for getting the best deals would be if you want the good deals at Target, Best Buy, Toys R Us and the like, try going to one that isn't known for being nearly as busy. Like, if there's two Best Buys near your house and one is fifteen minutes away, but near a big mall, and the other one is twenty minutes away, but in a less busy area, definitely go for the one twenty minutes away.

I can't really think of a horror story, per se, but my Black Friday last year was a horrible case of over scheduling. I started work at five, tailgating by 12:30, at the game by 1:30, and then drove back to have a date with my then boyfriend where we went shopping at the end of Black Friday. I'm really not sure how I did it, haha.

Oh, but when I worked at Target, it was the year the Wii came out and that was pretty terrifying. People would call the store six times in one hour to get the same information. I remember telling customers that the information hadn't changed since we last talked. I actually didn't work on Black Friday that year; I have no idea why, but I am so glad.