We headed to Houston for Thanksgiving again this year. Thursday I got up and did a 12 mile training run that included a 5 mile 'Run Thru the Woods' in The Woodlands. The run was great, but my one and only race picture from the event it horrible. Like, the worst picture of myself ever. Yeah, I'll pay $45 for this POS picture of myself, sure! Gross. We went to Grammy and Papaw's for a delicious meal around noon. We got to see Aunt Jennifer, Uncle Greg and Lila for a little bit before they headed out to Dallas. We watched the A&M game (Brian did, I actually fell asleep) and were thoroughly disgusted. Got up from my nap just before midnight and headed to Walmart to try and get a Black Friday deal that started at midnight. It started out innocently enough, but having tons of people swarming a pallet covered in cellophane waiting for the clock to strike midnight is not a good idea. The fact that this was at Walmart makes it infinitely worse. There was pushing, shoving and people got knocked to the ground. We 'rescued' this hysterical woman who was stepped on and who seemed to be certifiably crazy. We left empty handed. Actually I almost ran out of there I was so skeeved out by the whole thing. I'm almost certain I'll never go into Walmart again and I'm 100% certain I will not be there on a Black Friday ever again. We ended up driving past a Target because the line was too long and going to another one with an even longer line to get into the store. I stood in line. After making it into the store we had to wait in another line to purchase any electronics. It made for a VERY long night, but SO much better than Walmart. There wasn't any chaos. It was all very calm and respectful. I love Target. We got what we needed after waiting in line for 80 billion hours. Went home and slept for a couple of hours and got up to hit up Baby Gap. Um Baby Gap, you did not take 50% off of everything in store like last year. No wonder no one was shopping there on Black Friday. You lose Baby Gap, you lose. After going to the mall and finding it not crowded at all we did some more shopping. It was all very nice and orderly. I didn't get everything I needed, but crossed lots of stuff off of the list. I love getting up early and shopping on Black Friday. 4am, sure! But I do not like the deals starting at midnight. :-( Boo.
Isabel and Logan thouroughly enjoyed the new dual DVD players on the drive back to Austin. The drive was 100% more enjoyable without Logan screaming 70% of the time. He won't sleep in the car, but at least he's old enough to be entertained by movies now.
