Black Friday....SUCCESS!

A normal person might think that Black Friday is only for crazy people: Why would someone get up at 3am or sooner to go stand in the cold with other crazy people in front of a store for door busters????

Well my name is Mary and I am one of those crazy people :) Thats right people I fervently look over the ads over and over again to make sure I don't miss a "deal" and I create a plan of attack! Plan of attack you may ask...I make sure to know which stores open when and plan accordingly, i.e. if one store opens at 4am and another at 5am then I know that I need to get into 4am store fast, grab my items, make a bee line for the cashier and be on my way to 5am store. I have learned from experience how to make it near the front of the line when I'm towards the end of the line. I have learned to make myself familar with a stores floor plan in order to run to the exact spot I need while other people are in a frenzy and/or heading for electronics.
Do I have a war face??? Yes I do its a mixture of determination and constantly smiling when I make eye contact. Its amazing what being nice can accomplish! I truly believe that watching Super Market Sweep as a child had prepared for the mission that is Black Friday :)

How did I become a Black Friday Warrior? It was not a pleasant road at the age of 15 I learned had a bad experience and swore to never shop on Black Friday again...never say never. About 5 or 6 years ago my Aunt Roselyn and I were looking through the Black Friday ads kinda laughing at the crazy people that go and then she saw it...what did she see, well I'm gonna tell ya she saw the FREE Mickey Mouse snowglobe that JCPenney gives away just for stepping in the door. She mention how much she liked it, but there was no way she was going to be at JCPenney at 5am and then the converstation moved on....so she thought. I decided that I would surprise her with the snowglobe, so that night I set my alarm to 4am woke up drove to the Oak Park Mall, grabbed the snowglobe and went home. My aunt was surprised...Mission Accomplished :) It was the next year when I found out that JCPenney gives out a different Mickey Mouse snowglobe every year. Well that next year I grabbed the snowglobe, but I didn't leave immediately I was enticed by the SALE signs and the people looking for bargains and I'm afraid that I was hooked. With the years following I started to add more stores to my Mission.

Do I have war stories from previous missions? Yes, yes I do, but I will tell you that I will continue to accept my Black Friday mission for as long as I possibly can!

And I will add that I did get the Mickey Mouse snowglobe this year and I was in Philly...VICTORY!