Hustle and Bustle

Somehow I got convinced going shopping at 5a.m. the day after Thanksgiving was a good idea this year. I've managed to avoid shopping on this day my whole life but Angi is convincing when she wants you to join her in some madness. Yes, I will admit it turned out to be a fun day but it was touch and go in the beginning.

There may or may not have been some cheating the lines and pushing of security guards to get in the door ahead of the crowd at one Target store in the central Indiana area. There may or may not have been running like a mad woman down the aisles to the electronics section once you were in the door ahead of the crowd. There may or may not have been a lot of sweating and frantic phone calls from cell phone to cell phone. In the end though, there WERE coveted items scored from behind the electronics counter. That is all I will say about our first stop on what I now like to call Scary Soccer Moms on the Loose. If you see a burgandy Honda Odessey loaded with packages and 5 crazed women in your area, be afraid, be very afraid!

We hit a total of 4 stores. We could have kept going but we couldn't fit anything else in the mini van. We saw people yelling, cussing, running, and sweating every where we went. Yes, some times it was us. I decided to behave myself after the Target entrance. Somehow that story got embellished all day long. I would like to go on record right now as saying I DID NOT throw a security guard to the ground. I was merely pushed into one causing him to conveniently move out of my way. This will probably end up being one of the stories Angi and I like to tell over and over again like the one about the throwing of a trash can and a bottle of Vodka.

As I'm sure you can figure out on your own, we had a good time. We got a lot of shopping done. We got a ton of great deals and we had a lot of laughs. I was up by 4 a.m. and didn't come home until 6:30p.m. When I was done shopping with my friends I headed to Anderson where I knew my dad would be at some electronics store buying extremely large and expensive televisions. I was correct. We went hunting for something I wanted then headed to his house to haul everything inside.

I managed to not only get Christmas done but I got Jayke's birthday shopping done as well. Now I'm onto party planning. We planned one gift exchange for the kids with my friends and I am planning an ornament exchange with all my girlfriends at my house. Sunday I am having a trim the tree get together. I have all my decorating done except the tree which I promised Jayke I would hold off on until he got back from his weekend with Mike. I am so ready for that little turkey to come home. I miss him like crazy but I'm happy that he is spending time with his cousins and having fun.

Jen and Angi call today "The Hustle and Bustle", I now know why. I certainly hustled my bustle all day long!

By the way, I am officially back in the world of blogging now. I am all hooked up with highspeed internet at my own house! Yeah!