Stay in and lock your door!

Well, I made it 20 years without EVER going out on black Friday...but this year, the chain was broken. Due to being in a small house, with a lot of people, at my grandmothers, in Houston. I gave in to the hate I have for this death wish day, and went out. Mostly because my mom and aunt begged. So, Jaxen and I loaded up and off we went. Where did we go? The worst place I could think of. (and the one place I deeply hoped we wouldn't go) The mall. Now I hate the mall enough already. In fact. I hate shopping in general (unless it's for Jaxen..I like that).  So being a girl who hates to shop and can't understand how any sell can be worth fighting hoards of people and standing in checkout lines for hours...I went shopping on black Friday. The first store we hit in the mall was JCP. OK. I can do this. Five minutes it. I'm screaming in my head and glaring at the people who can't seem but help running into the parked stroller. My family made it down one aisle of the store and ended up with more things than they could hold (pillows and heated mattress pads). To the check out we go! With a sinking feeling of dread and loss of precious time I stare down this line that seems to stretch out longer than an desert. I can feel myself getting angry. My mother, god bless her, saved me by telling me I didn't have to wait in line "Go find the Children's Place". The Children's Place! Of course! No one is going to be in there. With a mad dash I run from JCP and find a mall map. The fact that the map was crowded should have tipped me off. Still onward I march, just me and Jaxen to find him something nice. I get into the door and ever fiber of my body says Run...No sale is worth this crowd! Do I listen? NO! I push my stroller though the store trying to find the shirt and tie I want for him so badly. The shirt I found....along with the end of the check out line that had weaved itself though the aisles. No sale....I repeat. NO SALE is worth this. I threw the shirt on the nearest rack and fled. There had to be a safe place to hide. The food court. Yes. Starbucks was out of the question, it's line was a mile long. We ended up sitting at a table enjoying some sweet tea and pretzel nuggets. Eventually, he fell asleep and got to avoid the rest of the chaos and I had to find my family again to be drug to Macy's. It was wild. It was crazy. There was way to many people. I spent a total of 58 dollars on food and come Clinique face cleaner. I will never shop black Friday again. No sale is worth it. I think I will just wait for Cyber monday and shop from the comfort and safety of my living room.