Sure, it’s not a $299 laptop…but I think we’ve got something for just about everyone on your list below…don’t you think?

We weren’t nuts enough to hit any of the 4 AM sales, but we did go out and do a bit of shopping (both for ourselves and for others) around 10 AM. Our favorite experience? We were at Macy’s to buy deeply discounted winter jammies for me, and were fortunate enough to find ourselves in the line with the sales clerk who had been there SINCE 5:45 AM and it was time for her LUNCH BREAK BUT NO ONE HAD SHOWN UP YET and when I greeted her when it was our turn (rather nicely, I might add) she did that, “Bbbbbpplllbbbppp” sound with her lips. Nice. While ringing up our TWO WHOLE ITEMS she also got on the phone, called the Mother Ship and asked when her lunch break relief employee was showing up. Happy friggin’ holidays to you too, lady.

We were at Tom Thumb to buy a bag of frozen dinner rolls and were checked out by a young man of…well, let’s just say it was non-Caucasian, non-Asian, non-Hispanic descent. CU and I were talking about Black Friday and the young man looked at me quizzically (suspiciously?) and asked me what Black Friday was. For half a second, I thought the kid thought I was going to respond with something along the lines of, “Black Friday is when folks like me take the day off, and folks like you have to work.” I felt guilty - even after we quickly and thoroughly explained what Black Friday was. Good times. Happy holidays.

Our second favorite experience? Officially kicking over to the XM radio holiday stations…YAY! Christmastime is here!