This was the longest day we've had in a long time... We actually woke up and were out of the house by 4:30. We headed to Target and found a line that wrapped around the store one and a half times. This wasn't unexpected, but Eric and I went ahead and got in line while Mom and Alan went shopping. Once they were done, we had only moved about 1/4 of the way through the line, so Eric and I were able to take off to look at stuff. It was quite an adventure, and pretty fun too.
We got to WalMart around 7 and the crowds were nonexistent, so we got to shop with leisure. Once we found what we needed, everyone (Eric and me, Mom and Alan, Deb and Shannon, Jodi, and Darcy) headed out to IHOP. Shannon was a genius and grabbed some coupons from home - 2 for $20 off a purchase of $35+ and 1 for buy one get one free meals with a free dessert. Paul joined us for breakfast and our checks were split as Deb, Paul and Shannon; Mom, Alan, Eric, and me; and Jodi and Darcy. Paul and Deb's check was just over $35 and cut down to $15, Mom and Alan's was closer to $40 and cut down to $20, and Jodi and Darcy got their meals for half price with a free dessert - score!
We all piled over to Bed Bath & Beyond next, and finished the shopping day at the T-Mobile store, where Eric and I finally transferred onto our own shared account! We had to spend over an hour on the phone with an outsourced customer service call center, but we're glad to have our own plan now.
The next step was a nice long nap before the Wenberg Thanksgiving started. Lots of cooking and eating occurred, then we all played Wii and other games. Goodnight!
Look how happy we are to be in the car at 4:30am!
We found $5 PS3's at Walmart! ;)
Mom was comparing Eric to my brother, Kris, and said something to the effect of "Kris and I used to sleep together (as in share a room)" and then she went to qualify the statement by saying "You know, like in the backseat (meaning on vacations and such)" only making it worse...
She thought the "in the backseat" statement would help and went into hysterical laughter when she realized what she had said.
The Black Friday 2010 shopping crew!
This bit of sausage that Eric threw at Alan...it was just the tip...
The whole clan waiting at the T-Mobile store.
The Green's, proud new owners of a T-Mobile phone plan!
On the phone with ChigAAAAhhhgo (A reference to the movie Outsourced)
Eric did the spice rub on the crock pot turkey, I stuffed the two oven turkeys.
Mom and I with the turkeys that we made!
Alan and Kobi during their nap.
Eric and Chaos napping.
We had an appetizer station...
Bread station...
Main course station...
and Dessert station!
Kris decided to decorate himself instead of the tree.
Eric had the grand idea of reenacting Iwo Jima while he put the star on top of the tree.
The star was stubborn, so he needed a little more help!
Ashley is a L-U-S-H, LUSH!
Matt, Papa, and the kids playing Wii.
Rob, Alison, Shannon, Kris, and Ashley hanging out.
Ashley played her new flute for us, Chaos can have flute lesson?
Shannon and I danced the night away to Ashley's beautiful music!
I was craaazy tired at midnight, so Eric's sunglasses were helping me deal with the bright lights at Walmart. I had the $4 waffle maker, but the barcode or something was wrong so I didn't end up getting it. This was my "protective Mama Bear" stance as the crowd went nuts at midnight for the electronics sales.
