Normally for Black Friday, I am one of those who gear up to hit the stores at midnight, then go again at 4am, then again at 8am, and I never stop shopping all day long! This year, something was different. I didn't get bitten by the Black Friday bug. There were the usual ads for TVs and BluRay players and tons of DVDs, but nothing was appealing. I don't know - maybe I am finally old enough to realize AND accept that just because it's a good deal doesn't mean I need it. Also, I've realized lately that I've been burning through money on Christmas presents and it seems like every time I turn around, it's another $100 here or $100 there. Learning to be fiscally responsible isn't an easy thing. Sure, it's easy to tell yourself that you need to be more fiscally responsible, but actually listening to yourself and learning to be disciplined? That is a whole other beast.
I digress. We slept in on Friday and got up around 9:30am. After a quick shower, we ran over to Fred Meyer to pick something up before their 6 hour sale ended at 11am. I cannot say what it is we purchased, as it is a Christmas gift for a family member, but we wanted to be sure we nabbed the deal since we were actually buying it for another person to give to a family member. We are apparently now in the business of dealing housewares on the side around Christmas. "Hey, you, you want a good deal on a toaster oven? Step into my van."
After a very quick jaunt through Fred Meyer, we made an obligatory stop at Starbucks for a delicious peppermint mocha to officially start off the Christmas season, and we headed out to one of my all time favorite stores: Home Depot. I love this place. The biggest reason I love it? The guy who always mixes my paint, Mark, is the best person ever. He knows everything about home projects and loves to chat and give advice. Ever since buying our house, I am just obsessed with understanding how construction workers and electricians are able to do what they do. To build a house? To wire it? To plumb it? I think it's fascinating! I love wandering around, looking at all the tools, wondering what I could do myself. At this point I should probably mention that Home Depot is Lance's LEAST favorite store. This is simply because he knows that I will spend hours, and hours, and hours wandering through it, touching everything. We went there on Black Friday because I really wanted to pick up one of their Home Depot Ginger Bread Store Kits. That's right - you build a Home Depot Store out of ginger bread! I LOVE funky stuff like that! So of course, we had to go get one! And they were a great price too - something like $7.88 for the entire kit. Love it!
We also decided to pick up some new bar stools. We have a great stainless steel bar table from Williams Sonoma that we love, and it has really cute round red bar stools with it, but we sit at the table and use it so often that the bar stools just because impractical. We couldn't sit at the table for long, and they are so uncomfortable after a short period of time that when people come over, we couldn't use them as extra seating. So, thanks to the great Home Depot Black Friday ad, we found these amazing leather barstools on sale from $126 each to $56 each. They are basically a regular, armless kitchen dining chair that are extra tall. We LOVE them. They are still a bit too short for our bar table, but they are so comfortable that we decided to make it work. I think our table is meant to be a pub table, so the only stools that will work will be the round ones, but since we use it daily and need the seating to be comfortable, the compromise was worth it!
Other than that, for Black Friday we didn't do too much. On our way from Lance's parents house to my parent's house, we did stop at Michaels craft store and I ran in and did some quick shopping. We showed up at 4pm, right when they opened, and I made a quick 30 minute trip through the store. Their scrapbook paper was 50% off and if you shopped on Thanksgiving, you got an additional 30% off your entire purchase. Needless to say, I bought several books of scrapbook paper, a few new scrapbook albums (at 3 for $11!), some scrapbook paper storage containers, and a nifty scrapbook storage thing on wheels. The only reason I bought the storage thing on wheels was because it was a door buster and when I saw one left, I got SO excited that I managed to find the door buster, I had to buy it! I can also use it for work (it's kind of like a giant briefcase, so it'll be perfect for all my catalogues for work) but for $24 down from $90? I just had to let myself get sucked in to that doorbuster!
All in all, a great Thanksgiving and a great Black Friday! Oh, I did get one other Black Friday item that I ordered from the Overstock.com sale. It should be here Wednesday and I cannot wait! It's a Silhouette Cameo cutter. It's like a Cricut, but 10x better and more advanced! I am going to be able to craft my little heart out!
Saturday we basically lounged around all day. Lance got his brakes worked on. I slept. And now today he is working on his side project and I am upstairs, blogging in bed. I think I'll head in to work for a few hours since I left early on Wednesday. Nothing too exciting, but it's nice to have a low key weekend. It's also nice to know that the things we did buy on Black Friday are useful! No buyers remorse here! I would've written this while sitting in one of our amazing, comfortable new bar stools but unfortunately, the bar stools don't also tune out the sounds of South Park on TV, which Lance loves to have on while working.
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and got everything on Black Friday that their little heart desired! I know I sure did!
Love,
Mrs. Dyson
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