My Two GuatTots: Black Friday!

For those of you who know me, know how seriously I take Black Friday shopping! This year was no exception! Our Black Friday Team designed and ordered our t-shirts back in September. We were so excited when they were delivered!

Our MVS (most valuable shopper) last year was Qua! She was determined to be MVS again this year!

Of course, there is a lot of planning that goes into Black Friday shopping. You have to make your budget, cut your coupons, make your list according to store and price, and know your route. I made sure the team had color coded maps and plans for the night. These proved to be very effective!

We all met at my house at 4pm on Thanksgiving afternoon. We had to go over our color coded plan and add/delete anything of importance. Then we were ready to shop. We left the house at 4:30 and we made it to the Oakland Walmart by 4:45.

Of course, Carol is now allowed to drive (a written rule on the shirts) so I drove the momma mobile!

We were amazed at how easy it was to find and load our baskets. We had everything loaded and ready to go by 5pm.

Of course, we all needed big ticket items which were not supposed to be released until 10pm. So we all found our lines and sat and waited and waited and waited. They even issued bathroom passes if you needed a break.

Some of the big ticket items were released at 9pm which was nice so we loaded up Kevin's truck and we were on our way.

By the time we checked out at Walmart and loaded everything into the truck, it was about 11pm. It was time for a 5 hour energy drink. (Not sure these really helped by the time 4am rolled around.)

After Walmart we headed to Target where we got everything our list and stood in a Walt Disney World line. The line literally wove in between every aisle all the way back to the Christmas section.

By 1:30am, we were eating at Chick-fil-A at the mall where we met up with the rest of our team.