I am a huge bargain shopper. In fact one of my favorite traditions isn’t even the black friday shopping itself, but looking through all the ads on Thanksgiving day! I don’t even have any intention to get many things, but all the bargains are just so exciting! haha. Last year Vadim had his eye set on a 42 inch Flat Screen on the front page of the Target ad. We got up at 3am, walked to the Target in Harlem to find the LONGEST line we have ever seen in our lives. I don’t know why but we continued to stand in line til the store opened at 4am. EVERY person we saw walking out of Target had our TV in their cart. When we finally got in the store they were all gone. However, there was a 46 inch for not too much more, so we grabbed it and headed straight to the register to get the heck outta there! It was nutso. Really intense. Vadim got his sweet present, but had no interest in ever participating in Black Friday again!
THIS YEAR the madness started at 12am??? How do people truly get to enjoy Thanksgiving when they start standing in line at 10pm or earlier on Thanksgiving DAY! Anyway…After looking through the ads, there wasn’t anything we just HAD to have, which was kind of a relief. There was however one store I had my eye on. H&M. First of all this is my favorite store in general. I LOVE the clothes and everything from this store makes my husband look hot. Just the facts. Well besides the $5 Fashion Finds H&M was having on Black Friday, the first 100 people in line got a scratch-off worth up to $300!!! The city stores opened at 5am. There happens to be an H&M 3 blocks away from our apartment, so I woke up at 4:20am Friday morning and walked over. I tried to count the people in front of me without walking too slow and being creepy, but I failed. However, the girl that came in line after me told me and some other girls that she counted 70 people in front of us. Perfect! Right before the store opened they handed out the scratch-offs! This is what mine said:
Are you kidding me!?!
I was SO excited. On top of the already awesome $5 Fashion Finds I was getting $100 worth of H&M credit! I grabbed a shopping bag and started stuffing sweaters, shirts, and socks into it. I was a kid in a candy store! I got so much Christmas shopping done and has so much fun doing it.
When I got home and snuck back into bed, Vadim rolled over and half asleep asked how it was. I squealed and said, “it was AMAZING”. And it totally was.
