{"id":685,"date":"2011-11-26T01:18:00","date_gmt":"2011-11-26T01:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/11\/black-friday-laid-back-style.html"},"modified":"2011-11-26T01:18:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-26T01:18:00","slug":"black-friday-laid-back-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/11\/black-friday-laid-back-style.html","title":{"rendered":"Black Friday…Laid Back Style"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy Black Friday friends!<\/p>\n

I occasionally have done the first-thing-in-the-morning thing on Black Friday.  Of course, that was back when Black Friday had a morning to it.  Now it’s more of a Black Thursday Night, since that’s when you have to get going to make it to the stores for the “doorbusters”.  I’m too old, too busy, and too fond of my sleep to go any earlier than about 5am.<\/p>\n

It’s fun when you’re with a friend and you can just chat it up while waiting in the long lines.<\/p>\n

But this year, with much of the shopping about 30 minutes away, and the beginning of the Best Buy and Kohl’s sales were too early, I decided to do Black Friday on MY time this year.<\/p>\n

After lunchtime, Jacob and I went out and spent an insane amount of money.  Jacob had some more of his birthday gift cards to spend, and I’m so proud of how he got the Electronic Monopoly at the Black Friday price (under $20) with his $20 gift card!  He also chose some Pokemon cards and the latest Diary of a Wimpy Kid DVD.<\/p>\n

There were no crowds to speak of this afternoon, which was great!  You could see the remnants of the mobs from this morning at Walmart and Old Navy, but there was plenty of whatever we were looking for.<\/p>\n

I misbehaved the most at the Hallmark Store.  I have quite the collection of singing snowmen (called the “Jingle Pals”<\/a>), and today I got the 2011 version.  I didn’t get the 2010 version<\/a> (I couldn’t find it in this area last year), but maybe I should find one at eBay or something.  I marched right into the store with my arsenal of extra Gold Crown points coupons, 20% coupon and reward dollars.<\/p>\n

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Jacob saw ads for Hallmark’s “Jingle the Husky Dog<\/a>” and begged and begged for one.  Jacob has such a soft spot for Siberian huskies, so I gave in.  We got the stuffed dog home just in time for the companion TV show tonight on the Hallmark Channel.  If you turned on the dog and sat him near the TV speakers, he’d react to some of the lines of the show (same as the book he came with).<\/p>\n

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While Jacob and I were out, Dave and Timmy worked with some of the holiday decorations at the house.  The boys have been a great help so far this year (knock wood!).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Happy Black Friday friends! I occasionally have done the first-thing-in-the-morning thing on Black Friday.  Of course, that was back when Black Friday had a morning to it.  Now it’s more of a Black Thursday Night, since that’s when you have to get going to make it to the stores for the “doorbusters”.  I’m too old, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[],"tags":[75,185,79],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ycQ0-b3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":401,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2009\/11\/its-never-too-early.html","url_meta":{"origin":685,"position":0},"title":"It’s Never Too Early….","date":"02 November 09","format":false,"excerpt":"...to start planning for...(drumroll please!)BLACK FRIDAY!I don't know if it's the thrill of the hunt or what? 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