Message #79478

[countrigal]

We made our annual Thanksgiving trek to the MIL's.  Drama held court again this year, just like always.  But it was still nice to see her and let the grandkids enjoy some time with her.  And I got to see our oldest two children... first time in a year there too, and that more than made up for dealing with the drama.

I did Black Friday, but did mine all online.  It's amazing that you can normally get the same deals as in the store, but from home on the computer and oftentimes hours before they become available in the stores.  I was watching while they reported a line of shoppers camped out outside of Toys R Us waiting for the opening and what some of them were going for... and lo and behold, I was sitting at my kitchen table, with family around me and in the warmth, and got those same deals at Toys R Us.com.  By midnight, I had all my shopping I needed to do completed, paid for, and en route to my house, all without leaving the comfort of my home and jammies.  Of course, this is the year that hubby decided he wanted to do some shopping, so we still ended up going out, but it was for odds and ends that we needed to go in store to see or stuff that couldn't be shipped, and we didn't have to deal with lots of crowds or anything as we didn't have to be there at "opening rush".  Was a quite nice experience all around.