A first for us - and we're in our 50's

Well, Curt and I had a first in our whole married life yesterday. We participated in the "Black Friday" shopping activies together. Now, most of our married life - and certainly while the kiddies were young - I always had to work the day after Thanksgiving and so it was Curt who braved the mad women and the crowds to ensure that Santa would bring our young ones that coveted "He-Man" or "Cabbage Patch" on Christmas morning. Back then it wasn't quite as much about the "deals" as much as it was just "getting the goods". We have been wanting to get a new HD TV for the basement and have been watching the pricing for a while - then low and behold, we found the deal of the century - at the BX (Base Echange at Hill Air Force Base for the non-military) on Friday morning. They were opening their doors at "4:00 A.M." and Curt wanted to go.

So - up we go at 3:00 A.M. to ensure we are successful, by the time we got there, I think there were probably 300 - 400 people standing outside - all wanting our TV (was my fear). But, we were successful in nabbing the one we wanted and were all finished looking around by about 4:45 A.M. when a food stand opened up and they were selling Philly Cheese Steak sandwiches. So in memory of our kids in Philly, we sat down to eat Philly Cheese Steak sandwiches, fries and diet cokes all before 5:00 A.M. (Chubby's it wasn't guys, but it filled the spot). Now that is certainly a first for us!