I'm Back and Black Friday

Our computer was living in the land of the dead for a while, so I haven't been able to update at all. Ah, fall. I love fall. Thus, the fall-ish pictures.
So this year, my friend Julie and I decided to brave the crowds and do the Black Friday thing. She is a seasoned pro, having her list made out, complete with pictures and prices. I know, right? So Cameron and I went to Toys R Us the night before, just to scope out where everything was...do a little recon, if you will. Once we had the store mapped out, it was just a waiting game. Waiting in line, the long, long line. The line started moving and people got a little too excited. Then into the store and...no carts. Oh man, we'll just have to use our arms, I guess. So we start grabbing what we want and we have no more arm room. Julie has her arms full, with boxes stacked on boxes. There is just no room for any more and we need a few more things. Then, (cue the heavenly choir) ahhhhh! An empty cart, all alone in an aisle. Julie was very nice and asked if it was anyone's, but no answer, so we grabbed it and off we went. We got our stuff and were done in record time. Down the aisle to check out, but...denied! The aisle was blocked off. So back around the store into another line. The checkout line. and man was it a long one. We were lucky, because we were in the relative front of the line. I mean this line weaved in and out of the aisles, around the store and back again. It was crazy long. People were getting maniacal looks in their eyes and shouting if someone cut in. They were defending their position in line tooth and nail and some of the crowd were getting worked up to a frenzy. One poor worker guy got yelled at multiple times. There were thinly veiled hostilities shooting everywhere. Now, in the crazed crowd's defense, the worker guy was a little slow, and had no idea what he was doing. I mean, he had a "LINE FORMS HERE" sign in the middle of the line. We waited for...wait for it...Two, yes, two and one half hours in the line to check out. I got home at 3:00 am. Poor Julie had to go back out at 5:00. It was a crazy night, but we saved a lot of money. Yay for Christmas shopping being almost done!! Let's do it again next year Julie!