Black Friday=Great Entertainment

After a short almost wax dummy type sleep, the hub and I woke up at our usual work week time to shop with the other crazies. Thankfully my parents were still in town to watch the trio, so we had a few hours at grown up shopping speed. Traditionally we go to Smart Toys and Books first if my husband is up for going "crazy shopping"....this year was no exception. We arrived too early at the Fountain City Panera, so we opted to hit ST&B first and then go to Panera. Risky move shopping without a coffee start, but we're rebels that way. The throngs at the store reached almost a whopping 20 in the outside line and reached an almost genial pace upon entering. A vast difference from the riot over $2 waffle makers at Wal Mart. Good grief. After having great success, we decided to head to Turkey Creek and get coffee at the Panera before going into the tween/teen hell called Justice. More on that later, maybe. When we arrived at Panera, we were delighted to see our favorite radio personalities, Marc and Kim and Frank. They get us through every morning and we love them. The hub has followed Frank since he was working on the Don and Mike Show in DC. Anyone who tells you that they don't get a little starstruck with celebrities, local or otherwise, is pretty full of crap. We both were a little struck and, yes, I embarrassed myself. I asked him for a picture. I am one of those people. Here it is:

He was very kind and talked to us for a while. Marc chimed in on Redskins talk and Kim was looking lovely and visiting with other fans. Afterwards, we hit Justice to look for boots the girls requested for Christmas....more like streetwalker boots, but I'm sure that my very controversial peach colored Chuck Taylor hightops really chapped my mother as well. We hit Belks, Finish Line with a sainted girl who worked to get the hub the best pumped up kicks, Toys R Us, Best Buy, Gander Mtn, Target, Game Stop, Woodcraft, JoAnn's(school project), Mooya's(yum) and The Public Market. We found interesting Christmas ideas there:

My brother actually has one of these. We also found this at the same place:

Happy Palmistry-giving. For $35, it is all yours. Even after sore feet and rude people and crazy traffic and spilling coffee all over my shirt forcing myself to wear a heavy jacket all day, we still had a productive and fun day together. With three little heartbeats, we rarely get to go out as a couple. We cherish it. We are so blessed to be able to have the funds to shop like we do...and we need to remember that more often. It makes us appreciate our children that much more when we get home. G learned to ride without training wheels and was so anxious for us to be home. We were anxious to be there, watch her accomplishment and put our aching feet up. What more do we really need?