Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving when people become frenzied due to media manipulation and feel as though they must get all of their holiday shopping done that day in order to save gargantuan amounts of money. Specifically, stores lure people into their doors as early as possible. My friends and I were no exceptions and woke up at 7 a.m. to start spending our money and satisfy our materialistic needs.
My best friend in the entire world since I was three years old, Daniela, drove up in front of my house at 7 a.m. This was not a far drive, since she is my next door neighbor. We left for Kohl's which is a department store that opened at 4 a.m. We ran into Kellie, who, like Daniela, is one of those people I simply can not live without.
Daniela, Kellie and I shopped from approximately 7:30 a.m. until 8:30 a.m. at Kohl's. Then we got on the check out line. It was one of those lines that would make an airport proud, since it managed to veer halfway around the store.
However, being the crafty sorts that we are, my friends and I naturally devised a plan to use the situation to our advantage. One person held our space on the line, while the other two ran frantically around the store as if everything was free. We stood on that line until 9:15 a.m.
After Kohl's, Daniela had to run to work, because the line managed to make her at least half an hour late. Kellie and I decided to buy new shoes. Unfortunately, the latter part of our Black Friday morning was ruined by a scrooge of a police officer who decided to give Kellie a ticket. It was this gentleman's job to stand in a mall parking lot and look into people's cars. If those people did not have a seat belt strapped on, they promptly received a ticket.
After Kellie received her ticket, we decided to still buy shoes and then left. It was 10 a.m., and we were exhausted. We both went home to take naps and save up our energy for that night when we spent more money that we did not really have.
Everything considered, it was a memorable first Black Friday shopping experience.
