The stores around here had a rolling start opening schedule. Some opened at 4AM, others 5AM, then another bunch at 6AM and the sleep-in crowd got the 7AM openings. The newz show last night showed the long line outside a big box store, tents, sleeping bags, the works; the cops had only been called once (so far) for ‘a disagreement between some folks standing in line’. Hope it’s worth it for those waiting all night.
We were fortunate at Sears because not a whole lot of people had gotten there yet, and we were able to park within 150' of the door! SirKit didn't like the boots that were $35, and ended up getting a NICE pair of Timberland Steel Toe boot for 25% off. He liked them so much, he wore them home; just cut the tags off after I'd paid for them, and put his sneaks in the boot box. While he was doing that, I bought a couple of shirts for myself. After that, we hit Lowe's, which opened at 6, arriving just after opening, and again, there weren't a lot of folks. He had seen a 4' fiberglass step ladder he liked so we got that, and a couple of pre-lit Christmas trees in urns that I'm gonna put by the front walk. We tried Staples, but learned from a friend we saw outside that they were out of the 4G flash drive he wanted. So we headed over to Ace Hardware, which opened at 7. Again, it wasn't that crowded, and he got a new level, a small hand saw, and I got a pretty metallic red flashlight so I can keep one in my van. We were back home by 8:15, and by 8:45 I was sound asleep! Got up in time to take Joseph to Wally World. He was thinking it was gonna be REAL busy today.