Why is Black Friday so awesome?

Black Friday is my favorite day of the year! The whole weekend including Thanksgiving is my favorite actually. 

It's because for as long as I can remember, it's been our "family day."

It's full of soo much fun Christmas activities that include our family! I love every second of it! 

Black Friday usually starts for us at about 5am when the deals start! (Even though this year it starts much, much earlier. I'll talk about that in a bit....) 

We get up and most often just stay in our pjs or comfy clothes and head into town. We will grab a yummy holiday drink from Starbucks on the way. Normally it's just Eric and I on a mission to get what we have already decided what we are buying from the ads, but this year we will have a probably still sleeping little Harpie in her car seat coming along too! 

We don't normally go all crazy buying a bunch of stuff. Just a few things we cannot pass up because of the crazy low price tag! 

Except for 2 years ago. 

2 years ago Eric got a little out of hand. We had just moved into our home 3 months earlier and we were waiting to buy certain things that would be cheaper. I don't even remember all of the stuff we got, but I do know we had to call Eric's aunt and uncle (the most awesome people on the face of this earth) :-) to follow us around and haul our stuff home cause we didn't have a truck then. It was overkill. But we got some great deals! 

I don't know what we will get this year, maybe nothing at all, but we always go. 

We usually get breakfast somewhere after we go shopping before we head home. 

When we get home, we unload all of our goodies and more often then not, take a nap. Hey, it's hard work doing all of that eating and shopping! 

When we get up, it's Christmas tree time! What I've been waiting for all year! Since the very second we took it down the previous year! I love it! We play Christmas music and put it up! I can't wait to see what little missy thinks of it! 

We might make a leftover turkey sandwich to share..... Maybe we will be too stuffed though! 

Later in the day we will head downtown for tons of more fun! Every year there is a craft fair and Christmas parade the day after Thanksgiving in our town. We walk around and sip hot cocoa, and maybe a beer or two! Love it! So festive! 

After the parade is over we come home, throw on our comfys and put on a Christmas movie. Christmas vacation of course! The greatest Christmas movie of all time. I know every word. I could watch it 50 times this season and not get sick of it. And I just might! 

I just love Black Friday! It is the best tradition of holiday festiveness ever! I cannot wait for it! My sister will be home to tag along also! Double score! 

That weekend we hang our Christmas lights! Also listening to Christmas music! Usually we just do a few strands of the big lights, (because that's what my grandma and grandpa used to do) but this year, I'm feeling like goin' all Clark Griswald on the neighborhood! So we will see what I can get away with! 

We will watch more holiday movies we love including... Elf, The Grinch, A Christmas Story, Four Chritmases, and Christmas Vacation eight more times! 

Ok..... Here's my rant about Black Friday. The only thing I hate. But I will not take part, so it won't ruin my day. 

What the hell is up with "Black Thursday" now??? It seriously pisses me off that most stores are opening at 6 or 8 pm on Thursday! Retailers are just being greedy and it's all a big competition who will open first. 

What happened to Thanksgiving dinner? Now you have to eat earlier and cut your time with family short in order to get to the store to save a few bucks? Don't get me wrong, I love shopping the next day. But I absolutely refuse to take part in the Thanksgiving night crap. 

I believe in family time. And going out to shop that night is totally eliminating that. So I think everyone should boycott stores on Thursday and head out on Friday morning with me! Trust me, you're not gonna miss anything. 

My mom and Eric's mom both work in retail. So they will be at work at 5pm and 7pm on Thanksgiving. 

I'm hoping that next year they choose to open on Friday morning again like old times. And let their employees have Thanksgiving with their families. 

Comment and let me know what you think of Black Thursday or Friday! Tell me what it means to you! 

And thanks to everyone who takes the time out of their day to read my blogs! It means so much to me! Love you guys!