Good Morning Lemmings....

I have officially participated in the madness of the 5:00a.m. Black Friday rush. Honestly, I thought Michele was bluffing when she set the alarm last night. The defrost worked on the windows of the TrailBlazer while we meandered through town headed to the only Super WalMart in the county - I was sure that this was just some test of my love. But I was wrong. Michele really had a list and we were committed to the adventure. As we turned left and could see up into the WalMart parking lot, I felt as if I wasn't in on some joke. The lot was spilling over! Were there honestly that many people as naive as I was to wake before the sun TO SHOP?

Once inside the "Lab Rats" quickly figured out that Big Sam W. hid the cheese in the rear of the Big Box - somewhere in the direction of the Electronics Department. I think part of what drew Michele's attention to this day was observing the spectacle of Pine County WalMart Folk. (Of which we must honestly include ourselves.) But Black Friday congregated the best of the best all at one time for our viewing pleasure. There was a traffic jam at the $2 DVDs - seems "Borat" is the holiday gift for the whole family! Endcaps were disappearing as soon as they were being dropped of their dollies. $88 dollar little kid Jeeps!! - I'm sorry children, we might be the only family not to buy one of these hot items but at least we'll have our dignity.

There was the Crazy Lady, complete with inside earmuffs, weaving her Crazy family, complete with inside earmuffs, through the linens aisle. Luckily, I was able to avoid eye contact but I really wanted to let her know that even in the spirit of saving money, Mr. Walton had allowed the heat to be turned on in the store today - LOOSE THE EARMUFFS LADY!

Ahhhhh - the cheese..... apparently this Black Friday the cheese was Flat Screen TVs. I was beginning to think that we had the only cart in the store that wasn't pre-fitted with one. Little ones (19") perhaps for kitchen viewing - average sized ones (32") for the people falling behind the switch from analog to digital and Holy Hannah!!! Did people really wake up Nov. 27th intent on Home Theatre improvements to the tune of 50"? - whatever - I just was along for the ride...

We honestly didn't have much in mind. We wanted to pick up a couple of Christmas presents at a discounted price; maybe have a look at a new laptop; grab a few Christmas lights to finish up the project we started yesterday and say that we did it.

We hit Walmart in the Wee Hours of Black Friday!

$2 dollar towels!!!! What?

Where are the $4 dollar crock pots? How did we miss that one?

4 foot picture frames were brandished like some shopping "badge of honor".

Thankfully, someone had deposited one if the items we were looking for far from it's proper display station. So, fear not Little Luke -Michele and I braved the Running of the Bulls of Pamplona and found a gift for you too. Like Lemmings off a cliff - I witnessed the fine people of Pine County thoughtlessly dragging this county out of Recession.

Merry Christmas and God Bless us everyone!

out

k