Costco trip count for November: 17
I actually didn't mean to go to Costco over the Thanksgiving weekend, yet there I was on Saturday (and it really wasn't as busy as I thought it would be). Picked up some CDRs for half price, pants on sale, and they were still giving away copies of the Costco Cookbook.
Today there wasn't much new and interesting...the 360 bundle with the extra controller, play-and-charge kit, and a number of Live Arcade games on disc was marked down $25, to $450. Apparently Clerks II came out today as well, I had no idea. :-P The idea of seeing a Clerks movie in color just seems a bit strange, for some reason. I'm glad to see they finally have a decent (though not huge) selection of 360 games to buy, maybe 12-15 or so. Compared to the zero they had for a few months there, I suppose it's an improvement.
Thursday night, completely satiated by two Thanksgiving dinners, I headed out to Best Buy around midnight to camp out for Black Friday deals with a few of my friends. Packing the "couch" and two thermoses holding about 10 cups of coffee, I set up my spot and waited. And waited. Then it got kind of cold, and I waited a bit more.
Around 3am, cars started rolling into the parking lot regularly. The traffic was probably comparable to a normal saturday afternoon, except it was 3am. :-P Around 4am employees started handing out tickets for the big items, and I got one in particular I was looking for. One of my friends was hoping for a tv, but didn't even come close. Unfortunately, getting there at midnight meant there were a couple hundred people in line in front of us. Having finished all of my coffee (without a restroom in sight), the store finally opened at 5 and we all piled our way in. I found just about everything I was looking for, so in that respect it was somewhat successful. Got in line about 5:45, got to the checkout counter around 7:45. Ouch. The guys behind us in line got to the store at 3am, so obviously we didn't gain a whole lot by getting there 3 hours earlier.
There were lots of good intentions going around, people wanting to hit up the mall or other stores after Best Buy, but those faded away as we exited the store and were greeted with sunshine, exhaustion, and extreme hunger (we didn't bring any snacks, way to think ahead). Off to Amados for some breakfast burritos, then I came home and slept until about 4pm.
Lessons learned:
* Just go at 3am with everyone else, and one person in the group gets in line to check out while everyone else shops.
* Bring food.
* Don't drink all of your coffee at once.
* It's not only darkest before the dawn, it's also the coldest, so dress accordingly (I already knew this, but was still cold.
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