Dairy Queen Blog

A few years back, my husband and I got up at 4:30 a.m. to go stand in line at the local Circuit City store the day after Thanksgiving so that we could get some fabulous electronic gadget for one of our fabulous children.  Traffic was heavy and it was frigid that night/early morning with temps in the negative 30s Fahrenheit. 

We got there a little before 5 a.m., which is when the doors were to open, and saw a line of shoppers from the front of the store out to the street. No parking spaces anywhere.  By the time we got to the store the people in line had crushed inside already. I dropped my husband off at the door, while I went off to find a parking spot. My husband met me before I had made it halfway to the store.  Nothing was available, and he’d learned that people had begun lining up at 10 p.m. Thanksgiving night.  What?! We just laughed and went out for breakfast. 

I have terrific memories of shopping the day after Thanksgiving as a teen or later with my kids and my mother-in-law, who just loved the crazy crowds.  We’d always stop for an Orange Julius^® drink, a perfect pick-me-up after long morning of shopping madness.  Sometimes we’d find a bargain or two that was just right, but we never managed to finish our shopping.  I still like to go out, but now it’s later in the day, when the shops are a bit quieter and there are still deals to be had. 

What are your day-after-Thanksgiving plans?