I could've had a V-8!

With the turkey finally digesting in my belly and midnight creeping up, it was time to get my game face on and hit the "black Friday" deals......or so I thought.  I managed to make it to Ala Moana with my family just as the enormous line into Old Navy was dwindling down.  "All that for winter clothes and a free cheap camera?", I thought.  Shopping at Ala Moana at midnight on black Friday was like shopping at Ala Moana at 12 noon on a Saturday.  I couldn't believe how many people pulled all nighter's just to get 25-40% off in some stores and brave the 2hr wait in the purchase line.  Not to mention the stores that hadn't opened up yet.  Victoria's Secret, Sears, and Game Stop, most of these stores weren't opening for another 5 1/2 hrs, and already had people camping out.  From what I heard, Walmart stayed open the whole night to avoid the midnight rush of people trying to kill each other for an LCD TV, but even that place was crawling with scratcher's clawing at the $5 DVD bins, Izaiah barely made it out with his limbs!  Anyways, back to Ala Moana.  Dehydration started to set in and the only place open was Starbucks in Macy's.  I couldn't count how many people were in line, so I stopped a security guard, who almost jumped when I tapped him on the shoulder, and asked him if there were any vending machines and he told me were to go.  I proceeded to make my way down the escalator.  I got to the vending machine and to my surprise, there was a line........again.  It wasn't a long line and I must thank the girl in front of me who put her money in and didn't seem to know how to push buttons and gave up, so I was able to hydrate myself on her dime.  Well, I ended up fighting my way into Local Motion to get a pareo that was marked down 25% and had enough of the black Friday frenzy.  I went home to my leftover turkey, my warm bed and passed out.  Two days later, I decided to go back to Ala Moana, when things have calmed down a bit, well, not only did they calm down, there was an abundance of parking, no long lines, and the same exact sales going on as there were on black Friday.  Never will I ever lose sleep over shopping again.  I could have stayed home and had a v-8!

Well, the rest of my weekend went great.  Spent a lot of time with Izaiah, family, and friends and managed to get soaking wet at a UH football game after taking a direct hit to the body by the t-shirt launcher.  Life is good :)!

Aloha,
Amber