Black Friday 2005

Our Black Friday was pretty good. We got up to go shopping around 4:30am. I wasn’t able to get the $149 eMachine from Best Buy because I got there too late. I thought it would be a nice upgrade for my parents. Perhaps next year. We started out at Circuit City because we wanted to get a 19″ Sony LCD monitor for Wanda, priced at $249 after rebates. We got one, but when we got it home we noticed it didn’t support DVI (not a big deal) and it had a pixel out. We might return it and just get a decent Dell LCD off of eBay.

We then went to Best Buy in Grand Chute. That place was chaos. I left very quickly because their setup was a total disaster. We went to the new Best Buy on the East side of Appleton. That store was much better – it had about 10% of the people in it as the Grand Chute location, and most of those people were in line, so you could browse the store at your leisure. I scored a 120GB hard drive for $29.99 AR and Nero 7 Ultra for $20 AR. We got a few other things, too, but they are Christmas presents so I can’t mentioned them here. Overall, we spent much more than we had intended, but we usually do.

After that, we met up with my brother for breakfast at IHOP. The last time I went there I didn’t like it so much (crowded, lousy table, food was sub-par). However, I think the redeemed theirselves today. The food, service, and table was all very good. The prices were a little higher than Country Kitchen, but it is Appleton (we don’t have a CK in the Appleton area anymore).

After breakfast, we went to several furniture stores to look for a stand for our new 50″ projection TV. We didn’t find much, and the stuff we liked was expensive, but we think we found one at American TV & Appliance that we might get. We’ll see.

One thing to note, it’s like people forgot how to drive today. Hello? It’s Black Friday. Speed limit is optional, and every man for himself. There were a lot of cops out too. You’d think they could give one day a year a break. Note to anyone who feels like sight-seeing and pokey driving at the wee hours of the morning on Black Friday – DON’T. Maybe we should have a requirement to get a driver’s license in Wisconsin where everyone has to live and drive in California for a week. Then they’d learn how to drive. The cops can go to hell for patrolling so heavily on such an important day.

November 25th, 2005  Holidays   Tags: black friday, christmas, deals, Shopping, toys, more...

4th of July Weekend

Well, I finally got around to blogging about our 4th of July weekend, which for us lasted a total of four days.

On Friday, we saw fireworks at Jefferson Park in Menasha. They were quite good, as usual. It was Me, Wanda, and my mother. We had a great time. We also learned that our digital camera takes surprisingly good pictures of fireworks!

On Saturday, we decided to go to Bay Beach for the day. We went on rides, did sight-seeing, and I reminisced about my childhood at the place. Most of it was still as it had been, but there were a few improvements, like a new train depot and the addition of swings!

For those of you who remember 10 cent rides, the price is now 50 cents for the bigger rides and 25 cents for the kiddy rides. A bargain! We also visited the Bay Beach Nature Preserve. It has changed A LOT since I was little. They did an impressive job remodeling.

Sunday we mostly lounging around (which, if Wanda had her druthers, probably would not have been). We spent Sunday shopping and looking at the sales. We managed to find a cute table set for our deck at Menards, and a great deal on a stainless mini-refrigerator at Target.

All in all, it was a perfect and relaxing weekend for us to celebrate our 1-year anniversary (for those not in the know, we were married on the 4th of July in Jamaica last year).

July 7th, 2005  Holidays, Recreation   Tags: anniversary, bay beach, holiday, outdoors, more...

Black Friday 2003

So how did y’all score on Black Friday deals? Shoot me an e-mail and tell me about it. I got a 2.6Ghz eMachine (80GB hard drive, 256MB RAM, CD-RW/DVD) from Best Buy for $199! I also pick up the Lite-on 4x DVD burner for $80 (supports both formats) and a 1000 watt (total) car audio system for $99 (two 10″ speakers, box, and amplifier).

November 29th, 2003  Holidays   Tags: black friday, christmas, deals, Shopping, toys, more...

First Annual Pumpkin Carving

This year we decided to carve our first pumpkin together. It was our first attempt at a non-traditional design. We hope to make a tradition of it!

October 26th, 2002  Holidays   Tags: halloween, Holidays, pumpkin, more...