Daddy and Black Friday

Yesterday we spent the Thanksgiving afternoon eating with family and making a rather large shopping list for Black Friday items. It took most of the afternoon, but we were able to come up with a pretty hefty list of items that were a great bargain (that were on the kids lists anyway).

After collaborating with other family members we were able to strategically figure out who would be going to what store and which items they were going to pick up. Between Brett and I we decided that he would get up at 2:30a.m. and go to Walmart, while other members of the extended fam hit Target, Fred Meyer and other stores. Brett had a list of about 10-12 items he was in charge of and headed out into the cold and chaos at a very early hour.

Now....I have explained how crazy it is on Black Friday in the past, but when Brett got home with ONE (1) item and a look of utter shock on his face I knew he had no idea what he had gotten himself into! He said that this whole experience made him completely amazed and disgusted at those out shopping and continued to explain his prediciment. Does he race around the store? Shop for the most expensive item on the list? Find as many items as possible and just put them in a cart? In the end, he waited in line for the big ticket item, and lost out on all of the others, but came home with this to say..."Next year we are taking the kids and sending them out into the store to help!"

All in all, I have to say that he was a great sport to get up so early and shop for the family - and this is just a tiny reason why I am so in love with my husband - even if he did get just the one thing!