The Day After

Black Friday was a huge disappointment but also wonderful. It was a huge disappointment because only a couple stores had any worthwhile deals. Luckily Eddie Bauer, This Guy’s favorite clothing retailer, had some really good deals with shirts around $5 and some nice sweaters for $12.

Usually shopping the day after Thanksgiving is full of stress, road rage (or parking rage), low blood sugar, headaches, stupid arguments and dealing with uncommonly inconsiderate people. Knowing this before heading out into the retail battlezone we mentally prepared ourselves to face the crowds of idiots. This preparation made the day absolutely wonderful. Even the kids behaved perfectly all day long! Kachow got a toy train because he did so well. Unfortunately the train had eyes that move when you roll the wheels and that creeped him out so much he doesn’t want to be near it. Oh well.

Today we all went to a local park and took our picture in front of a giant Christmas tree. Kachow was more interested in chasing the squirrels than taking a picture. He played hide-and-seek with a couple of squirrels for about 15 minutes while Boa set up the camera. It was a lot of fun until it started raining. When I figure it out I’ll post the pictures.