Black Friday

Black Friday started Thanksgiving Night with Cindy taking us to Wal-Mart in Litchfield. E was stationed at the mini food chopper pallet, I was staking out the storage containers. At 8 p.m. the wrapping came off the pallets and the frenzy began. It was kind of crazy, but we all found what we wanted and we were out of there by 8:15, I think. Here's Cindy with her finds:

Then we headed to Edwardsville. First stop was Target, which opened at 9 p.m. We found what we wanted there and waited in line a long time, winding through storage items, frozen foods and cosmetics. The next stop was Kohl's. It started to rain and get colder. Here's Cindy, Mom and E huddled together, trying to stay warm as we wait in line:

After Kohl's, our next stop was a Walgreens on the way to St. Clair Square Mall in Fairview Heights. We went to Macy's, which opened at midnight, and got a few things. We decided it was time for some food so we headed to Steak 'n Shake in Shiloh, which I never even knew existed. It's not everyday you have a cheeseburger at 2 something in the morning. Look how happy they are to be getting food:

We went to a nearby Target which was surprisingly empty and then a few GameStops to see the high-demand Wii U with no luck. We got back to the mall around 4ish (maybe?) and wanted to shop at Penney's and Dillard's, but they weren't opening till 6 a.m. Cindy and I stopped in at Best Buy, but left our sleeping beauties Mom and Elaine in the car. Here they are catching some Zzzzs:

All of us except for Super Shopper Cindy were too tired to wait around to shop at Penney's and Dillard's so we headed home. Cindy made another stop at the Wal-Mart in Glen Carbon for their third and final "Black Friday event." I nodded off on the way home, too, and she joked that she had a roaving slumber party.