Black Friday Goodies

So I mentioned “shopping” as one of my annual Thanksgiving activities, and this year, of course, was no different. We didn’t wake up quite as early this year, but 4:40 is still early for me.

There wasn’t much in terms of electronics deals this year (I was looking for a good-priced 1 TB My Book Essential to rip home movies onto, but no such luck), so that ruled out Best Buy (a first for me), but I still managed to pick up a few things. In all honesty, I just love the rat race and the excitement of scoring a great bargain.

First, we stopped at Wal-mart of all places and I picked up a copy of a not-to-be-mentioned movie (possibly a gift!) and a 2GB SD card. Like I said, there wasn’t much that interested me. Corrie, my sister, got a Jonas Brothers CD. Imagine that! We were out with my uncle, cousin, and aunt (they’re brother and sister), and he had scouted out some specials at Lowe’s (a shop-vac regularly priced at $90 went for $19!), so we stopped there next. As they were looking at the plastic tubs (ooh, exciting…) I grabbed something truly useful, a small poinsettia. Yes, I went into Lowe’s at six o’clock in the morning and bought a flower. Worth it? Totally.

I’m hoping to pick up a WD Caviar 500 GB internal ATA drive from newegg later this week (building a server), but unfortunately, not today. I guess I’ll deal. That’s what happens when you’re a (basically) unemployed college kid. Luckily some online endeavors have given me enough money for the holidays, but the majority of my newly-acquired funds are “on hold” by PayPal and eBay until I ship the guitar I sold. Ugh, they always punish the honest ones…

Here’s to hoping next year the recession/slowdown’s over and the spectacular electronics deals return. One can only buy so many DVDs and Blu-ray discs…

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