Picture this scene..... in Wal-Mart , 1 isle lays between me and my sister Tamy but it could have been a MILE for the sea of people made it impossible to see her, I gave her a hug before we parted and I said Good Luck little sis- I sure hope to see you on the other side, remember-WE TAKE NO HOSTAGES!
I wound my way though 1 isle… yes 1 isle -that took 10 minutes to get through (we are talking maybe 20 steps) to get to THE pile- the PILE where my treasure lay- my one soul reason to venture out to this god for saken store, on this black Friday night. (It was Amber's idea by the way)
I am a strong person by damn! After all I’ve been through?! I laugh in the face of black Friday!
I’ve taken on doctors with the god-like mentality-
Nurses who I’m sure secretly are evil little goblins- and the worst of the worst- a child on STEROIDS MULITIPLEtimes and I have LIVED to tell the tale….
Taking on black Friday at Wal-Mart is NOTHING in comparison- I’m sure….
Breathing deep…. Anxiety through the roof… I’m giving dirty looks to the lady beside me who had slippers on her feet & PJ bottoms on with little cartoons all over them… and the guy on my other side is throwing us a look like “I don’t care if you ARE women- I’ll take you out- bring it ON”…. And we all stood huddled, breathing deep, throwing glances… every once and awhile somebody’s hand would twitch and it would make all our hands twitch…. And then we would all share a nervous glance with each other with a little smile on our face that said- ya, not yet…. just practicing. Then in my head I started visualizing the moment when the clock strikes 10pm-I had a plan of action…in my mind, I was going to step right & then shove the cute cartoon PJ’s lady, throw a left elbow and take out the guy giving dirty looks (I had a good ½ inch on him.. I could take him) and then throw both arms over the very small pile of very precious…Paper Jams.
Yes people, yes, you heard me right all of this intensive planning and anxiety was all for the silly toy called PAPERJAMS. They are guitars made out of-non other- cardboard. Here I am planning my battle over an item- that on this night, this precious holiday night- was only$7. *sigh* what we do to save money ….. You would think they were made of gold with the way we were acting… but on with the story…. Screaming shouted in the distance (that sounded more like a terrified scream other than a nice “GO”) the START to this “fun” holiday experience BEGAN as screaming erupted all around me! I dove for my 4 PAPERJAMS that I just had to have- throwing elbows and growling- It took me a minute to realize that, I started to look around.. and nothing was happening to my precious pile of Paper Jams- no other hands were in the pile- …. Hu… I really didn’t have any competition…the PJ lady to the right and the snarl guy to the left were standing there for another TOY! Not the paper jams- so they are going at it pulling down the boxes of stuff that they wanted and totally ignored me- I’m the ONLY lady to venture out to Wal-Mart on this black night- to buy the silly- Paper Jams. So I hung my head, reached in and casually flipped through all the paper jams to make sure I got the right ones- as if I was casually shopping- I got my jams and even had time to think “hummm… this one? Or this one…?” - and then I turned around to go help Tamy- but picture this around me- the screams the shrieks- the noises of towers falling people yelling- oh my it was mass chaos- I looked down the isle that lead to Tamy and realized it was no use- she was for sure a goner! There was no way she would have made it out… so I shouted “Tamy, I know you’ll never make it out alive! So I’m not even going to try! I will tell people your last though was of your kids while you died trying to get them a big huge bucket of Legos”. Oh, but to be fair- she was also getting me a bucket of Lego's- HA! Apparently the deal with the Lego's was WAY better than my deal with the paper Jams- I guess all of Utah turned out to get this bucket of Legos… and I had left Tamy to fight that battle on her own- I am a bad sister- or I’m brilliant! Depends on how you look at it…. Anyways…
I took a step to the back of me and founda pile of something- I don’t even know what it was, all I know is it was part of the BLACK FRIDAY FRENZY…. So I reach down and scooped it up! & I saw another obscure item fall to the floor- as 2 other people were diving for it- I reached down and grabbed it! And then I turned to haul butt to the front of the store- I got 5 steps in my bolt and immediately hit a wall of people!
So I started shoving & pushing my way up to the front to get in line & get out while I still had my life & my precious paper jams.
When I get closer to the front- in the distance I see…. What looks like could be my little sister!
What’s this?! She made it out ALIVE! Oh I was over come with joy & happiness seeing her standing there-victorious! Holding 2 buckets of Lego’s! I was so proud of her! So I shoved my way past all these people up to her side and threw my arms around her and told her I thought for sure she was a goner! So after my initial I’m-so-glad-your-alive and then swapping horror stories with each other & compare battle scars and loot- we waited in line to check out for another HOUR. By the time we got up to check out I was so OVER the whole black Friday thing and wanted to throw down my precious paper jams and leave! But Tamy kept me sane & happy & filled with Diet Coke. (Amber failed to mention that she wanted me to make my way across the store after I had my precious Lego's to grab her another hot toy. I looked at her with disgust! I told her to pick her battles and I was NOT leaving my Lego post for her Crayola Glow Dome or risking my life...Tamy)
And then we went to Target- and that was awhole lot less climatic then Wal-Mart- everything was in order, we were all ina straight line- no pushing and shoving- I sprinted when I got in the store to get the Xmas tree I wanted- come to find out that when I got to the trees-there were TONS left! My feelings of panic and pushing and screaming were leftover in my head from the Wal-Mart experience and I expected the same at Target-but no, it was actually very nice. Me and Tamy got home at 1am and had a great shopping trip all together & now we have a GREAT black Friday story.
For Thanksgiving-before the dreaded black Friday shopping story (that was a pretty funny story though hu? LOL I crack myself up!),me Justin & Tucker went to Tamy & Ricks house for prim rib, and it was delicious and great company! I had a blast playing with the kids & shopping with Tamy. Tucker had a great time, he ate all his food and played lots of Xbox and got dang near anything he asked aunt Tamy for- because she spoils him! But just think for a second, in your own home- if you had a child in your house, not your kid, and you knew he had cancer, would YOU tell him no to ANYTHING? And guess what- he KNOWS that too…. LOL but look at it like- it’s the one thing he CAN use to his benefit.
I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!
Now on to Christmas *sigh*
Ugh…
Man, now I’ve got to get ready forChristmas….
If there is a Christmas fairy out there that can sprinkle Christmas Spirit dust on me, I would sure appreciate it- but don’tsprinkle, just dump a TON… maybe it will work.
Love to all-
The black-Friday Victorious warrior- Amber
(and Justin & Tucker also- of COURSE!)
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| X, Tucker, Grandma Kathy, Grandpa Corky Wilson, Autumn and Aspen |
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| Amber in line at Walmart |
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| Tamy barely survived Walmart with 2 boxes of Lego's! WE SURVIVED barely |
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