Thursday actually began my shopping fun. I picked up my long-desired
Cricut machine and six cartridges to go with it from Michael's before meeting up with friends for Thanksgiving dinner and a movie.
Friday was a loooooooooooong day. As you may have read, I decided it would be best to just camp out at Fry's starting at 12:30am. The line was already around the building at that point, and I wanted that
printer.
They let us in at 4:45am, and I made a beeline for where I thought the printer might be. Rushing past me were hoards of people looking to snag a laptop on the cheap. I am SO thankful I was not in that crowd.
I would have been in and out of the store faster, but I'd had to pee for two hours outside, so I took care of that (after getting the printer, of course). There was almost no one in line when I checked out. It wouldn't have mattered anyway, they had almost 60 cashiers working.
After loading the printer in my car, I headed to Joann Fabric & Crafts to get the sewing machine tote Joanne asked me to grab for her. I got there much earlier than I anticipated, and had to wait like 40 minutes for the store to open. Once they let us inside, I called Joanne to see which print she wanted, since it looked like they had three different prints on the sewing totes. I picked one up and went to get my Joann's purchase - a sticker machine. I was hoping to be able to use my 50% off coupon, but that only applied to items that weren't already on sale, so I was bummed. Then, I noticed that it was 40% off and I had another 20% off coupon. Ended up a better deal.
The line at Joann's was much longer than at Fry's and I had to wait a bit. It was totally fortunate that I did. The woman in front of me noticed the tote and commented on how nice it was, and "Oh, is that a quilting tote?" I was like, "Um,no, it's a...oh, shit, it is." I had to get out of line, and go grab the right thing. The line grew by the time I got back in it and the cashiers all seemed to be having issues. Eventually I made it out with Joanne's sewing tote and the
Xyron 5" Creative Station.
I headed to Michael's next, but I'm not sure why. I know I picked up an
embossing machine, but I'm not sure what else.
By now I'm pretty tired, and all I want to do is go home. I'd gotten a couple short naps in while I was waiting outside Fry's (totally not a good idea, I had no idea who any of the people were around me), but they didn't do much for me. However, I've been looking for a silicone rolling pin, and I knew there was a Bed, Bath, and Beyond nearby and I had a 20% off my total purchase coupon. I made my way over there without killing anyone with my car. I went in search of my rolling pin, but had absolutely NO luck. I did find the
French rolling pin I wanted and, as a bonus, a
giant cupcake cake pan (silicone!) and a pack of
three springform pans for making cheesecake.
I went to Target next. I hadn't really planned on it, but the BBB and Target are very close, and I really wanted to return some things and pick up some Q-tips. The return was really easy. No one was in that line. I went into the store to get the Q-tips, and the checkouts didn't look so bad. Until I got into the store that is. The line to check out wrapped around the store. It looked neat because they were calling people from the line. I decided that that was not the time for hygiene products and left.
I got home and took a 6 hour nap. After I woke up in the afternoon, I hit up Target and Best Buy. An infinitely better idea than trying them in the morning. I scored some containers for sugars and flour, a video game, a Blu-Ray movie, and some juice.
On Saturday, I went back to Joann's and grabbed another cartridge for my Cricut machine and some magnet material for the Creative Station. I went to Michael's and got some two-sided laminate as well. I cannot wait to start playing with that stuff!
All in all, an awesome shopping weekend.
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