4 am

My sister-in-law stayed at our house Thursday night in preparation for a 4 am shopping start time on Friday. We woke up at 4, but didn't get on the road until 4:50. It turns out that is early enough. We got some great deals and didn't really hit the crazy crowds until we got to Target...

...where we stood in line for an hour! We shopped for a bit and then I asked Melissa if she wanted to hold our spot. It worked out great - I grabbed a couple more things and she was able to grab some items while she was in line since the line literally wrapped around the store!

I plan to do this every year from now on. It was awesome! I'm hoping to be able to convince Melissa that she needs to go every year as well - it was fun to have a shopping buddy, especially one who kept me on track and kept pointing out cool stuff that I needed to buy!