November 16, 2006
1:48 pm • Filed under: Uncategorized
So my friend and I head out to shop last night. First stop - Toys R Us. We’re drving in her Excursion, all is good. Then I notice a weird noise. Then an even weirder noise happens. Then a lady rolls down her window and tells us something is dragging on the road and it’s sparking. Great.
We pull into the Lowe’s parking lot. Call my friend’s sister in law’s boyfriend, who just did some work on the SUV. He tells us, “don’t drive it. I’ll be there in…three hours!” Our husbands are at my house with the kids so we didn’t want them dragging the kids with them to get us. Sooooo….
We walked our asses off! A couple of blocks down the street was Toys R Us. We brought the cart back over to the car to drop off what we bought when we were finished. We felt like hobos!
Same deal with Target. Ran across the street (a very very busy street I might add) and shopped hard core. A bunch of dudes were camped out in front of the store, waiting for the PS3 to come out. It doesn’t come out til Friday morning! This was Wednesday night! One of the Target employees said they’d been there since Tuesday. That’s nuts.
The boyfriend finally came to rescue us. He fixed the car, no prob. Thank goodness. My Christmas shopping for the little ones is pretty much finished. Yay! But what a night!
Don’t forget to stop by The Story Board (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/The_Story_Board_/)today for ebook reader appreciation day! The place is on fire with excerpts and contests - all for readers to enjoy and win!! Yay!
Kelley says:
WOW!! What a crazy day. I’m glad you got so much shopping done though.
Kimberly says:
Sheesh. Sounds like quite the shopping trip. At least you got your shopping taken care of though. I haven’t even started. I’m trying to put off any thoughts of Christmas until after Thanksgiving. hehe
Shelli Stevens says:
Oh how cool about the shopping! It really let you go at it
And I’ve been watching the news about all those people camping out for the game thing. Crazy.
Stacy Dawn says:
Oh yikes! Good for you two though to pull up those old running shoes and do it anyway!!
Anonymous says:
When I was out today, they were all lined up in the garden center at Wal-Mart, had ordered a pizza and were having a great time. I thought if I’d been younger and richer, I might have joined them.
I HATE car trouble, good thing the stores were so close and I bet it’s a shopping trip you won’t soon forget.
Anonymous says:
Karen, you weren’t kidding about the Story Board being on fire — I made the mistake of signing up for individual emails and my Yahoo mailbox absolutely EXPLODED, LOL! Looks like there was a fantastic crowd, tho.
Tara M. Leigh says:
I can’t imgaine camping out for a week for ANYTHING! Not even DMB tickets…hmmmm…ok, I would camp out for a week for a kiss with Colin Farrell, but that’s it! LOL
With Love,
Tara M.
Melissa Marsh says:
I haven’t even started Christmas shopping yet.
Just look at it this way - at least you got your exercise!
Mia Romano says:
What a nightmare! So glad you got your shopping done through it all. Now THAT is what I call a woman on a mission.
Julie S says:
I’ve been hearing about these PS3 people waiting in line for a week on the news? WTF? Glad you got some productive shopping done!