Jenn, Jaque, and I braved the Black Friday shopping to get some awesome deals. We started at Kohl’s at 4am. It was sprinkling at Kohl’s as we waited in line. Nothing too bad with our umbrella. After standing in line for about 30 minutes to just check out, we headed out to Target. We originally want to go to Toys ‘R Us, but the lines at Kohl’s took way too much time.

This is when it started to POUR. We let two other people get under my huge Blue Angels umbrella. We still got wet though. After Target we hit up GameStop, JoAnn’s, the Mattel Store, JCPenney’s, and a few other stores in the mall. We also made a stop and McDonald’s and Starbucks!

All of this before 1pm. We were exhausted, and we had so much fun visiting and laughing!

Here we are at the Mattel Store. Not bad for tired, wet, and no makeup! LOL!

And, here’s our knight in shining armor, Jon. He met us to unload some of our packages from the Jeep (and to see just how much Jaque was going to spend at the Mattel Store!)

As I’ve been asked by people over the past week why I get up so early to go shopping, I’ve come up with two reasons.

1. I have more time than money! It is worth it to get up for the great Christmas gift deals for me.
2. I have so much fun with my girlies! Even if I had no shopping to do, I would still go. I treasure this time we spend together bonding. It’s a tradition I plan to continue for many years to come.

So let me know next year if you want to join us! It will be an experience you will not forget!