Well, the great news is that Chloë does not have the Black Friday performance on her schedule!!!  When she was trying out for the Nutcracker, Black Friday was a concern for us.

We are out the door, with our flyers, coupons, and schedule ready by 6am. We will shoot for 5:30 this year,but we will see. I know some people think Black Friday is hell on earth.  Like my mom, my sister, and just about everyone I know.  But we love it.  We enjoy standing on line for 45 minutes, sharing life with the people in front of us or behind us.  Sometimes they have good stuff we missed or we have good stuff they missed, and Chloë or I run and get it.  Or sometimes we are stuck with grumps on each end, so we just talk among ourselves, and solve all the world's problems.  I know this is part of the routine, and I enjoy it instead of fight it. 

By the latest 9am, we are at the mall.  This is after being at at least 3 stores before then. Like Kohl's, Target, Marshal's and/or maybe an electronic store.  We hit Macy's before their coupons expire.  By 10:30 we have breakfast.  We treat ourselves to a Cinnabon.  With extra icing.  We do this once a year, diet or no diet, because it will take us the rest of the year to burn off those 2,385,983,457 calories.  Usually we have it with a Coke ,just to make sure we are totally sugared out.   We don't get home until about 4pm or so. 

Then we veg out and watch a Christmas movie, while hubby gets pizza, or we have left over turkey. Which ever he decides to make for dinner.  Because the deal is, I save him literally a FORTUNE, so the least he could so is provide dinner. 

Well, all I can say is, when she got her schedule this week, she called me all excited.  So what if she is on schedule all December, and every time before Thanksgiving??  Black Friday is still ours!!  You know how it tells us in scripture, He gives us the desires of our heart?  Well, I am thankful He has given us this desire.  It is our tradition, our joy.  Thank You Jesus.

~madeleine