As I am writing this, I just got home from Thanksgiving Day/Black Friday shopping. I got a lot of great deals and almost all of my Christmas shopping done. This is the first year that I actually had a list of stuff I wanted instead of just walking into stores and having no idea what to expect. I highly recommend the former. I had quite a better experience than previous years. So, I thought I would share some general reactions felt by most on Thanksgiving day/Black Friday shopping. I am going to be focusing on Thanksgiving Day.

1. When you make all your plans of where to shop and what to get

2. When you actually get out after taking a nap and/or fully digesting your Thanksgiving day meal.

3. On this day, Coffee instantly becomes your best friend.

4. The moment you enter into any store, no matter how many people there are.

5. When you have no shopping lists

6. When you're forced to follow the crowd because you don't want to get run over

7. What you want to do every time someone gets too close to you, takes the last of something you wanted, or hits you without apologizing

8. But when you actually see a confrontation and you're not involved

9. The whole time you are out shopping and are questioning your life

10. But after you look at the savings at the bottom of the recipe, you realize it was all worth it

Those are just some of the reactions I had during the past couple years I have spent doing Thanksgiving day/Black Friday shopping. I hope you enjoyed and understood the wonderful experience felt by most during this weekend.