Thanksgiving Day

This year the entire Schoen family was invited over to Frank's dads new girlfriends house for Thanksgiving dinner. We came along with his brother Brian and sister Denice and family. Savannah and I made deviled eggs for an appetizer and we were supposed to be there around 3pm. It was a little struggle to get everyone out the door on time and I thought Frank took off without me. We were supposed to be carpooling together. Luckily Sarah had a friend sleep over Wednesday night. She was knows this woman because her uncle was married to her. She was able to give me directions to her house. We had a very nice dinner together and she made plenty of food. The men played pool downstairs and the woman just visited. Savannah was the hit of the party again and was getting all the older kids excited and running around the house. I decided to drive Sarah over to Auntie Dawn's house for a sleepover and Black Friday shopping. I took Savannah home with me and decided to venture back out. I mostly just went for the experience.
When we arrived at Walmart the parking lot was completely full of cars. The sales didn't start until 10pm so we just browsed the store. It was a mad house in there. You couldn't walk down the aisles without hitting into someone or their shopping carts. All associates were on duty that night. They had stock piles of merchandise and Walmart associates guarding the stuff and would yell at you if you even thought about touching the stuff that was off limits. Sarah came along this year. We headed over to the toy section and as soon as the clock turned ten o'clock things were flying off the shelves. We had walked past the Garden center where the video games and DVD's were in abundance. The room was filled to capacity and police were on patrol. You had to leave you carts off to the side. I did manage to get three movies for $2 a piece. I accidently hit someone's else cart who had her 2 yr old son in the cart and she gave me the most evil look ever. It was just a mistake...Geesh!!! I thought it was disgusting how people brought their young children with and they were all tired and crying and parents were trying to put them to sleep in shopping carts and had treats on hand. Dawn really wanted the electronics to go on sale around midnight. We waited for the TV's to go on sale. I was exhaused after 2 hours and couldn't go on. I went home early and the girls continued to shop all night long. That was quite the experience!