Thanksgiving...BlackFriday....Slinking and 5 hour energy drinks...31st Street!

Thanksgiving was wonderful!!! I spent lots of time with the family! And got to love on all my kiddos! It all seems to be a blur...not only because it went fast, but because it's 2:14am ....lol.....I actually participated in Black Friday Shopping.....I've been shopping on Black Friday, but not to any of the early bird sales....We hit up walmart at midnight...It was quite an experience, but not as bad as I expected. Walmart seemed to have the crowd under control. I wasn't really there to get anything specific...I was just really there to see the sights and to help my sister get a few things.... I did have a run in with an awkward moment....And of course I'm the one who made it awkard...haaha.......So here's the end of the story before the beginning: Who knew walmart was giving out free granola bars and five hour energy drinks!??!?! ....WTH! .....I'm not a fan of free stuff...I don't know why I just never like getting free stuff.....so at one point..this lady...dressed in black dress pants and a white collared shirt approached me ......in a very soft almost secretive sounding voice she asks " would you like a five hour energy drink?" at the same time she slips a bottle of Five hour energy drink out of a bag that is drapped over her shoulder......my eyes got big and I responded with a quick no thinks.....It was as if the mormons were asking me to take a sacred piece of bread....haha...my first thought was ...."ain't that like someone trying to hustle people on black friday....who do they think they are trying to sell five hour energy drinks"......well at that point...I can't remember if it was my sister or cousin mad a comment about walmart offering all this free stuff to people... Shame on me!! haha...
Lessons learned from this experience:
1.  please wear a walmart name tag so I know you're not a hustler off the street.
2.  don't slink up to customers
3. always use your normal speaking voice....no whipsering to customers
4. Never pull something out a low slung sack in a slow motion...as if it's hot!
5. stay away from wearing black pants and a white shirt....you look like mormons or servers at a party ...I appreciate the nice clothes...but come on...it's walmart...
6.. walmart actually gives free stuff to customers on Black Friday!
7. Black Friday=people watchers buffet!

So after spending some money....I mainly bought dvds for myself! haha......the girls went cruising around town to see the lines of the people outside the mall and other stores in town....we were all delerious at this point.....in fact at one point I used the word "queskins" !! hahahaha We finally made it home and I was wide awake!!!....finally got a few hours of sleep and the late afternoon we hit up a few other stores....I managed to get a few gifts.....still lots more to do!! :)

I'll leave you with a brilliant quote of mine......to set up the quote let me paint the picture....after eating Thanksgiving dinner...I was flipping channels as I was trying to find a Christmas movie on....my sister had just sat down near me as I finally had flipped to a christmas movie.......so a few seconds into the movie....I'm like " oh yeah...this is Miracle on 31st Street!" .........after the statement rang in the atmosphere....my sister looks at me and says " Isn't it 34th street?!?"  and starts to laugh at me...haha....So I laugh and shrug my shoulder... hey it happens! ...I somehow make some profound statements when I speak....my other favorite quote of mine is " Fool me once, shame on me twice" ....If I can't remember how original quotes go...I just make up my own!!! lol


I'm going to leave you with a few pics of making cupcakes with some of the kiddos for thanksgiving! We had a blast!! :

This is Austin and his cousin Mallory...She calls me Aunt Shannon...it's so cute!! :) And yes they loved sprinkles!!

I'm out!!! :)