i don't usually go near stores on black friday but i thought i would chance it this afternoon once the crazies were home sleeping off their shopping injuries and battle wounds.

so i chanced it. and it was awful, frightening, horrifying even.

and was it the crowds? no.
traffic? no.
mean spirited people? nope.

it was whining kids. and i would love to blame someone else's ill-behaved monsters but i am afraid these were mine. crowds i can fight but dragging two fun-sucking whiners around...that would be like having my in-laws over for the holidays. nope. just not going to do it...again.

the up side to this is that i spent less, came home and shopped online, had more pie and watched Christmas with the Simpsons (hey, nothing but the classics here. lol)

c is getting a cold--sniffles, sore throat, fever, whining, the works--so we are just hoping to get through it without sharing.