Black Friday!

One of my favorite holidays of the year...LOL! Bryan and I make it our yearly "date" to do all of our Christmas shopping in one day. This was our 4th year and one of our biggest success stories! We actually didn't have to wake up early....or camp out like crazy people. (Although we have camped out in the past, just glad we didn't have to do it this year since it was the coldest Thanksgiving in 80 years).

The only place we really needed to go was Toys R Us, and they opened at 10pm Thanksgiving night. We kicked our family out around 7:30pm and hauled butt to TRU to get in line. We were running late! We ended up being about the 100th or so person in line. Thank goodness our kids aren't into the IPODS and other electronic items! We were in line for TOYS so we had that in our favor!

We always end up in line next to some really great people. Usually parents out doing the same thing as we are....getting massive amounts of toys for CHEAP. It really makes the time go by when you have nice people to chat with. Then there are always those damn line stalkers. They get there about 20 minutes before the store opens and they look for a place where they can cut the line. Pacing up and down or just waiting right in front of the door. Mind you , by now the line was at LEAST 1000 long. It stretched passed where the shopping center ended and wrapped around the side of the building. No parking at all in the TRU parking lot. Thank goodness for the kind police officers that kept the losers from cutting all of us that sat out there for hours. When the doors finally opened, they only let in 50 at a time. It made for a much easier shopping experience. When we got into the store, Bryan and I split up and ended up getting everything on our list plus some bday presents for some birthday parties we had coming up. In all, we spent less on all 3 kids than some people spend on just one and we got some massive presents! We just have 1 or 2 more things to buy for the kids and we are done! Here's our loot...

Full size play kitchen- $59
Push Around Buggy-$29
Kids Outdoor Picnic Table-$19
Dora Couch-$19
Lincoln Logs-$10
Bucket of Army Men-$9
2 Razor Scooters-$35
24 Pack Play Doh-$7
Fur Real Butterscotch Pony (last year) $100, normally $300
2 Free 64 packs of crayons
2 Free coloring books
Bday presents- Polly Pockets Roller Coaster set- $19 (normally $50) and a Crayola art set for $10.

Our big item for Connor is going to be his Polar Express Geo Track set. I'm hoping it goes on sale, it's $124 but it's something he REALLY wants so that's his present. Drew has been wanting a play kitchen so that's his big toy. The one we bought is normally $100, we just got it cheap. We need to get some playfood and that's about it. We already bought Taylor the "Beauty and the Beast" movie, a cute tutu skirt with leggings. I got all of their stocking stuffers by just picking up clearance things over the last few months at Target so that's done.

Now for the adults.....that's where things might get pricey! Happy shopping!