An Interesting Night
I went out with some friends last night. Crazy as we are, we went to a midnight sale on Thanksgiving day. If you have ever been shopping on Black Friday, imagine that times 2. That's how crazy it was. They were giving away gift cards to the first 1,000 people there. Needless to say, we did not make it in the top 1,000. And there was an overabundance of stupidity out there. But overall, it was a great night. Yeah, I became a human ice cube sitting outside waiting of a friend to come out of the store, and yes I had to deal with a lot of odd people just randomly walking up and talking to me (I was one of the odd people talking to strangers as well). But the rest of it was totally worth it.
I should start with the car ride there. Originally it was only supposed to be two friends and myself going. Well, we stopped for gas and bumped into the cousin of one of my friends and her boyfriend. We ended up with two additional passengers. At first I wasn't overly happy about being squashed in the backseat with two complete strangers. But once we all started talking, I got to like the girl. She was funny. And the poor guy had to endure nearly 45 minutes of girl talk. And not just the complain-about-your-spouse kind either. We talked about everything from spouses to sex to high school memories. By the end of the night, I kinda felt sorry for him. Only kinda though.
Then came to freezing cold standing in a line that seemed like it would never end just to get into Victoria's Secret. I have to say that I will NEVER attempt going there the day after Thanksgiving again! Who would have thought that there were that many women who wanted bras and panties?!?! It was a mad house. They didn't have the doors manned very well so they were attacking people who were leaving the store to make sure they weren't stealing. And it was just random people. There really was no rhyme or reason to what they were doing. Which is why Tracy and I decided it was safer to sit on the bench outside the store to wait on Ginny. Of course had we known she was going to be waiting in line for an hour just to check out, I'm sure we would have told her to meet us and Barnes & Noble. This is where the human ice cube comes in.
Then there was the car ride home. Everyone was tired and winding down. Edward fell asleep. We tried three different McDonald's to get something to eat. Only one was open, but, surprise!, their credit system was down and they could only accept cash. So on we went.
Ginny and I live really close, so we dropped everyone else off first. After we dropped Tracy off and we were headed home, we both decided we were still hungry. The only place open was Waffle House. We walk in and there are 5 drunk college idiots at the bar and a homeless guy sitting in the corner. We ordered our food and as we were waiting we decided to help the poor guy sitting in the corner. The drunk guys at the bar were getting louder and even more annoying. So we run outside and across the street to the bank. And when I say we ran over there, I mean it literally. Ginny nearly made me fall by making me laugh with her comments about not having run in a long time and how her bum was jiggling. So we make it to the ATM and she can't remember the pin number for her card. In her defense, it's a new card and a new account. So we go back and sit down. Our food was already waiting for us. As we walk through the door, the drunken morons at the bar decide it would be funny to yell out "welcome to CiCi's". I just couldn't help myself anymore and told them how annoying they were being. Thankfully after one more ear splittingly off key rendition of I Proud to be an American, they left. As we finished our food, the homeless guy went to the bathroom. We thought this would be the perfect time to take care of his tab (Ginny paid) and leave him some money on the table without him knowing who it came from (I gave him the last $10 I had on me). He came back out and say down as we were walking out. The look on his face when he saw the money was heartbreaking. It nearly made us cry.
So overall, it was a great night. Not one I care to repeat anytime soon though. No more midnight shopping on Thanksgiving day for me!
