Stupid, Stupid Day After Thanksgiving

I have a problem. I can admit it. If I get something in my mind, and then that something doesn't go as planned, I tend to get mad. And this happening happenned today, just a few minutes ago to be exact. Let me just start by saying that I realize that today is the day after Thanksgiving, the biggest shopping day of the year, so there's no need to remind me. The day started out fantastic. Brad got up and left at about 6:15am this morning and I because I couldn't go back to sleep after he left, I read blogs for a few hours. The rest of the morning was wonderful, too. I laid around, watched some movies, read some blogs and even put up all the Christmas decorations inside the house. Brad finally got home and we decided that because we had such a fun time the night before at his Mom's, that we would go back. So I put on a little makeup, threw my hair back in a ponytail and threw on some pjs. (My pjs consisted of a red shirt that's 15 years old, hot pink sweatpants and some Crocs. Remember this because it will be important later.) We ate some leftovers and played another 3 hour game of Phase 10. And get this, I WON! The day couldn't get any better! By this time, it's 9:00pm. Well everybody in Tuscaloosa knows that THE football game is tomorrow. And by THE football game, I mean the Alabama vs. Auburn game! It's very serious business here in T-town. The forecast for tomorrow doesn't look all that great. It's supposed to be rainy (it's been raining all day today, too) so it's sure to be muddy tailgating. So I get the FABULOUS idea of going to Target to get some rainboots! Target has a lot of very cute rainboots. And as I talked about the rainboots, my mother-in-law told me that Academy was selling pink rainsuits as well! PINK! My favorite color! GREAT! I call Academy and they closed at 9:00pm. No big deal, we can just swing by there in the morning before we head to the quad. I call Target and they are open until 11:00pm! YES! So Brad and I, at 9:15pm, drive the 15-20 minute drive across town to Target. Remember my cute outfit I had on? The red shirt, hot pink pants and Crocs? Now normally I wouldn't be caught DEAD dressed this way in public, but I was reallllly looking forward to those cute rainboots. Plus, who actually shops at Target after 9:00pm anyway, right? So we get to Target and it's raining. The closest park I can find is about 6 spaces from Target's front door, but the stupid driver in the next space is parked over the line! No problem, I think to myself. I can squeeeeze in there! I do and we run in the store. To my surprise, there are a number of people in Target at 9:30pm. So I grab my husband's hand and drag him as fast as I can to the shoe section, hoping to not be seen by anyone I knew. We get to the cute rainboot section....and there are NO. RAIN. BOOTS. LEFT. I take that back. There was one really ugly pair of boots that were size 10. Not anywhere CLOSE to my size 7 1/2 foot. I AM PISSED. BEYOND PISSED. I felt like burning something. Like setting Target on fire! How DARE them be out of cute rainboots when clearly it's going to rain tomorrow! It's like every other woman in Tuscaloosa had MY same idea. And it's not like they had a special 'shoe' sale for Black Friday. They had plenty of shoes, just NO rainboots! Well what the hay am I supposed to do now???? I mean, I drove alllll the way across town, go into Target in the rain, with my non-matching PAJAMAS on for NOTHING. NO RAINBOOTS. Please, someone just shoot me now!!! I threw a bit of a temper tantrum right there in the rainboot aisle. I tell Brad, "Let's just GO!!!" I grab him and head toward the door. THEN I see one of our deacons from church with his wife up ahead! Crap. I immediately turn the other way, Brad in tow. We head out of Target on the far far far other side to avoid being seen by them. And by doing this, we had to walk ALL the way back to the car IN THE RAIN. Today sucks. Bad. Stupid Target and their Stupid sold out rainboots on this Stupid, Stupid Day After Thanksgiving. Boo

Side note: I wrote this on the day after Thanksgiving but as SOON as I finished typing this, my internet stopped working. What a wonderful day! My wonderful husband just fixed the problem, so we are up and running again! Whoo Hoo!