At 2pm on Thursday we packed up all of our kiddos and drove 2 hours away to hit up the sales in our nearest big city. We got there for the Old Navy sale at 4, but they were one of the few that decided not to open at the advertised time. We went over to Michaels, also supposed to open at 4, but they didn't have any power. And at 5 we started doing some crazy crazy shopping. A snow storm took out the power in some of the areas in the mall. Some stores were running on generators, some were cash only, and some just took f.o.r.e.v.e.r to get a transaction done (seriously people, we waited in line at Old Navy for an hour and a half because somehow the girls all found coats and winter clothes that they liked there a.k.a. Thanksgiving Miracle) While we really needed warmer clothes, the real point of this trip was to get winter tires on sale at Sears. BUT.... Sears never opened. Of all the stores that could not run on a generator, the store that sells generators. And the one we needed to be open! So no winter tires for us. But we drove and shopped, and shopped and drove, and at 3 a.m. we got home. We had our children out in one of the craziest shopping days of the year and we had a total of ZERO meltdowns.
Well the children didn't have any meltdowns. I got mad at the lady selling pretzels for being stupid and that doesn't usually go over well. Here's the backstory on that. I went to JCPenny and RJ took the girls to get pretzels, after filling his order they told him that it was cash only. He didn't have any they got me, and I went to pay cash for what they had ordered.
Tiff: You know if you are cash only, you should probably put up a sign.
Lady: I don't need a sign, I have told everyone.
Tiff: Well obviously you didn't or we wouldn't have ordered this. I am just saying it will be easier on you if you put up a sign saying you are cash only.
Lady: We don't need a sign. All of the other stores in here are cash only.
Tiff: Well thats not true. I have been to 5 stores and they all took credit cards. Seriously, I'm just trying to help you.
Some dude in the back of the Pretzel store: EVERYONE KNOWS WE ARE CASH ONLY!
So I thanked them for my stuff and left.
The real point of telling you this is because Gwiny witnessed the whole thing and when I asked her if I was mean to that lady and she said " You were nicer than I would have been."
