Black Friday

I can't believe it. I actually talked Tim into hitting the day after Thanksgiving sales with me. His parents are in town, so they were kind enough to Booper-sit Isaiah. We are very appreciative because this allowed us to be on the road towards the good deals at 6:15 this morning.

Our first stop was Toys/Babies R Us. We were going after a high chair for the new baby. Isaiah's is the Fisher Price Space Saver which converts to a booster seat, and we're looking to get the same one for the new baby. It's a great chair - adaptable for newborns on up to toddlers. Unfortunately, the high chair was all sold out. This is okay, though, because the line was absolutely ridiculous there!

Next, we walked across the parking lot to Jo Ann Fabrics. I wanted to pick-up a new paper trimmer, and there was an item (won't say in case they're reading this) for Shelby and Holly's Christmas gift from us. Speaking of which, I called Mom just as she was heading to Jo Ann's later in the day - to get them the same item! Good thing I called! Jo Ann's was definitely successful. We ran into a friend from church there who seemed to be able to find some pretty good deals herself.

Parking was a nightmare, so we left the car where it was a walked across the parking lot in a different direction to the mall. We were able to finish shopping for both of Tim's sisters and brothers-in-law, neice, his dad, and a friend. Sears had the best customer service, and it was nice to see them restocking shelves as they were getting cleared out. Target's check-out line system needs a LOT of work for next year's Black Friday sales...

On the way home, we stopped by Menard's to get Isaiah a humidifier for his bedroom. We're hoping to stop his snoring and runny nose. His breathing was a little quieter at nap time today, so hopefully this will help him sleep more restful.

Lunch today was Turkey Dinner leftovers. After lunch, we stopped by Wal Mart, Kohl's, and Aldi. Wal Mart was sold out of my $4 mini-crock pot, but I found a great one at Fleet Farm later in the day.

Wow. I'm tired just thinking of all of the shopping we did today! Grandma Bette kept Isaiah during his afternoon nap, so Grandpa Darrel, Tim, and I did the quick after lunch shopping trips. Somewhere in there today we also hit Home Depot and Steve & Barry's. If anyone has not been to Steve & Barry's and they have children, we got some good 'Going Out of Business' deals on clothes for Isaiah.

The only thing I am disappointed about not getting is the high chair. Oh, well. We'll still get it eventually. We just will be paying about $13 more for it. One missed purchase is not much to complain about, though, that's for sure!

- becky

P.S. Now that it's past Thanksgiving, it's time to turn on the Christmas music! Grandma and Grandpa Seabaugh got Isaiah a Christmas CD set for his birthday, so we swapped out the lullabye CD already. Thank you so much, Grandma and Grandpa! The lullabyes were starting to drive me a crazy! We've listened to them one too many nights over the baby monitor.