Totally Worth It!!!
Well...I did something this morning that I would have never thought of doing a few years ago.
I stood in line for 3 hours waiting for a door to open.
Gasp!!!!
Yep...I did. In fact I was at the opening of Spring Hill Mall at 1am to enter the drawing for the Wii and Ipods but alas...so were THOUSANDS of other shoppers.(Ummm...honestly I thought it was going to be me and 25 other people all trying to win 10 or so Wii's...how niave right???) I had with me my brother Kyle who was home from college and my sister Tara. I was the first in the door for the gymboree 30%off PLUS 20% off sale and was able to buy two outfits for Kyla that she was GUSHING over yesterday. Then we walked around, entered the drawing and realized that we "would not be winning" and left.
That's where things got interesting. We drove down Randall Road looking at the lines that were accumulating outside the various stores with amazement. It was only 2:30am and stores had tremendous lines. Kyle wanted a 19" LCD flatscreen TV that they had on special at Target so we drove over there to take our rightful place in what we thought would be a tremendous line...
Our tremendous line turned out to be....NO ONE!!!!
Kyle and I were the first in line at Target on Randall at 3am. And we sat on the ground in 22 degree weather waiting for the doors to open. I figured I would buy a Wii if they had one but as it turned out they didn't. Kyle got his tv and I actually scored the Hannah Montana friends Barbie doll three pack. Major score this season! It will go to Kyla for Christmas. I also was able to get my hands on some awesome door busters that I know were gone within minutes. It was a mad house but it felt so good to be first!
The best part honestly...was the time spent with Kyle(Tara slept in the van). I wouldn't have spent those three precious hours with "just a crowd of people". It was a pretty funny(I had the line behind us laughing all morning)memory that I know we will look fondly of in the future. It was worth it!
And thanks go to my wonderful husband who not only stayed with my kiddos(because only crazy people bring their kids with them!)but didn't tell me that he got another bonus this last week because he wanted to surprise me with it. What a guy. He is such a hard worker and I am so glad he is seeing that pay off big time. He deserves it!
So what am I thankful for??? Not the door buster deals...but the memories that fill our hearts at this time and the blessings that come unexpectedly from our Savior.
"At the start of the day I will lift my hands and say- THANK YOU LORD FOR ANOTHER CHANCE TO WORSHIP YOU!!!!"
posted by Erin @ 8:23 PM
6 Comments:
Glad you had a good time out in the crowds! I slept in. :)
What an exciting morning! Glad you got some great deals & made some great memories to go with them.
I totally agree that it was the little blessings that happened to me along the way yesterday that far outweighed the outrageous deals I got. God is so good to us!
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Sounds like you had a good time with family, and found great deals. I'm scared of those early morning crowds, and I don't have the patience. Patience is something God has been trying to teach me all my life, and it has been a slow process.
Yes, God is good, and all blessing come from Him. Even when times are hard, and we don't know our next move, we need to keep our 'Heads up, our eyes to the sky,and Praise in our hearts and song'. He has never let me down.
Have a great 'Christ'mas season.
Jesus is the Reason for the Season!
Sounds like a fun time!! Totally hope you get the Wii, SOOOOO much fun!!! :0)
So you were also one of those crazies that stood in line in the middle of the night?!! And when I say "also" I don't ME! :) I mean my BIL...he tried to get a flat screen TV, but they were all sold out by 4:30!!! WHAT?!
Glad you found some good stuff!
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