We
started our Thanksgiving off by going shooting up Hobble Creek Canyon. Ryan got
a new handgun like 2 weeks ago and wanted to try it out. I still prefer
shooting the shotgun. He’ll throw the clay pigeons for me, and usually I’ll get
about 18/20. Fun, right? He says that it makes him proud that I can shoot well.
Some days I’ll hit more clays than he will, but I think that the ones he shoots
count for more than mine. Here’s why. I’m completely and utterly incapable of
throwing clays. Give me a spring loaded launcher, and I’ll struggle with the
dumb spring but I can still make it work. Give me the handheld red launchers
and I’m totally helpless. He’s tried and tried to teach me, but to no avail.
Every so often I’ll try again to see if maybe something has changed, but that’s
never the case. Instead I just get frustrated during the process of what
probably looks like a very strange interpretive dance….or a seizure. Anyway,
Ryan ends up having to throw for himself. Who does that?! He throws, drops the red
thing, positions the shotgun, and shoots. And what’s sickening is that probably
85-90% of the time he hits it! I’ll admit, I’m jealous of his mad skills. I’d
love to learn to do it, but without my interpretive dances, where would he get
his amusement?? I couldn’t take that away from him of course. :)
Anyhoo, after shooting we went over to a friend's place for our delicious feast. One of the lovely ladies that I work with know that we didn't really have anywhere to go so she invited us to eat with her family. They were loud and boisterous, so I felt right at home! Haha. They kept apologizing for it, but I just assured them that it helped me feel more comfortable, as that is what I'm used to for holidays....and all the other days with my family. It's the best! We had a great time with them, and the food was oh so yummy. We definitely ate our fill! Of course, that meant that once we got home we both fell into turkey induced coma-naps. Love me some extra sleep! Besides, that nap had us well rested for our "Black Thursday" adventure we had that night.
Before
this year, Ry has never been Black Friday Shopping. Probably a smart thing, but
nevertheless I still think everyone should experience it at least once! Since
he had to work the next morning, it worked out nicely that the sewing machine
that we were going after was at Walmart for the 8pm sale. Surprisingly enough,
we were in and out of there in 1hr and 44min! Having waited in lines for hours
before, that was a speedy Black Friday trip. Ry however thought he might die of
old age before we got out of there. If I would have been ok to walk away from
the sewing machine, I would have gotten my rolling sewing machine bag and
probably been out of there in an hour. However, I wanted my sewing machine! The
problem was, they didn’t know where they
put the sewing machines!! They lost them! The first stupid part was that
they only ordered 6 for a Black
Friday sale. Second mistake was not keeping track of them. There was a group of
6 of us who were the first ones waiting for the machines. They eventually found
2, but not the others. Other people came over to wait, but when they heard the other machines were MIA they couldn't tough it out and wait. Pansies. After we waited for them, I decided that "they are lost"
wouldn't be good enough for us who had waited where they told us to, and waited for
almost an hour after the “sales”
started for them to keep looking for them. I’m stubborn, and if I want something, I go after it.
And I don’t go down without a fight. BUT, I can say I’m very skilled at doing
it professionally. After waiting for quite awhile, I asked a guy who was cutting
open all of the pallets if he could get a supervisor for me. After waiting for
10min without anything, we decided that he probably wasn’t coming back. So I
went and asked another associate if they could get me a manager. As we waited
for someone to show up, the others expressed worry that no one would come. So I
reassured them that I would ask every single worker until someone got us a
manager. Eventually a manager did show up, and I explained the situation. I
said that we had been told to wait, and they would bring the sewing machines. It
wasn’t our fault that they lost the sewing machines, and it wasn’t right to
advertise a product in their ad if they didn’t have it. I told him we wanted to
know what could be done about this. Perhaps a rain check or something. So he
went and talked to his manager to see
if they could do anything. He returned, and said that the other machines had
been found, but were back by the baby supplies and were long gone. He said that
due to the circumstances, he was allowed to approve for the 4 of us who were
still waiting to get a comparable sewing machine at the same price. The one in
the ad had 20 stitches, the one that I got has 17. Whoop-de-doop! I’m sure that
those 3 stitches won’t even be missed! He said that this deal was just for us
4, and not to tell anyone else about it. At the register, 3 of us were together
to make it easier on the cashier. They had to page the manager that we had
worked with to make sure we weren’t full of it, and then we were good to go!
So, ask (nicely of course) and ye shall receive! The others made a big deal
about it because they all said they wouldn’t have dared to ask. I guess
sometimes my get-it-or-die-trying attitude pays off! So I got a Brother sewing
machine and a rolling sewing bag for like $80! The bag apparently isn’t
normally sold at Walmart, but it’s listed on Amazon for $84.99. And the sewing
machine is normally $80 at Walmart. I love a good deal!! :D
Now I can make some curtains for our home, which is coming together nicely! Once
it’s all decorated, I’ll post some pictures. :)
Yay for good deals!!
