"In My Mind and In My Car, We Can't Rewind We've Gone Too Far..."

That's right...the Willy's blog will soon be "rewritten by new technology" and we will be occasionally adding a video feature.

It all started with another broken digital camera. (another? YES! I have killed 4 digital cameras and will never spend over $100 on one...evah! Ok, so 3 of them came to us previously owned, but STILL WORKING nonetheless. Our home is the place where digital cameras come to die.)

The Walmart Black Friday paper was advertising a few digital cameras and for a few days, we talked about getting a new one, while they are on sale, but in the end we decided to continue using the one we have that kinda-sorta works most of the time, and wait until it completely gives up the ghost.

Walmart was also advertising the Barbie Diamond Princess Barbie for $5. (sweet!) This is specifically what Reese has told us she wants for Christmas so I was, of course, stoked that Santa could get his shopping done for $5 this year.

I also saw a teeny tiny crock pot that I really wanted.

Yesterday...
We had a great thanksgiving with golfing, about 4 other families, basketball, volleyball and A LOT of homemade pies. It was fun, but a late night for us and the kids, so...

4:45 am rolled around WAAAAAY too early!!! I sat in bed, debating whether or not it would be worth it to get up and go fight the crowd at Walmart for two $5 Barbies and a tiny crockpot.

Aaron was wide awake once the alarm went off, because he is used to waking up close to that time every morning, so he volunteered to go in my stead.

nice right?

He returned with 3 Barbies (one for Reese, on for Quin, and one for a friend's birthday present coming up in two weeks) and NO TINY CROCKPOT.

He DID, however, manage to purchase:
-a new digital camera (yeah, the one "we" decided not to get) which I am actually really happy about, so I shouldn't complain.
-a memory card for the new camera
-a removable memory drive thing for our laptop
-an MP3 player similar to the one we already own (see: Mothers Day)
-blocks that the girls already have
-2 movies we've already seen and a 3rd that the girls already have
-a princess version of a memory game we already have
-the hand mixer (that we just got rid of because I have a kitchen aid) that was on the shelf at Walmart right next to my tiny crock pot
-the food processor/chopper that was also right next to my tiny crockpot
-a V Tech game system for the girls that I just bought from a friend and is sitting in the top of our closet...which is the most hilarious, because as we went through the walmart ad the day before, I pointed out the hand held version and mentioned that I had just purchased a regular V Tech console from a friend, thinking that it would be the hand held kind, and I wasn't sure that the girls would really play with it, so once the girls were tired of it we should just donate it to the Children's Shelter. SO HE BOUGHT ANOTHER EXACTLY LIKE IT? Does anyone listen to anything I say in this house???
-a carrying case and a memory card for the
-265 dollar DIGITAL CAMCORDER

Seriously.

It's like a repeat inventory of everything we already own. Except for the digital camcorder...we don't have one of those, but still! $265?! Is that really how much they cost?

I sent him in for 2 Barbies and a tiny crock pot and he spent $500.
$12.80 vs. $500

What. The. Heck.

When I asked him "WHYYYYYYY?" and IF he was going to spend that much, why not on a new DVD player for the kids to replace the broken one, or a new wireless router to replace the broken one (so we can move the computer back to the desk where it belongs) I'm SURE they had door buster deals on both of THOSE items...they're electronics!

He said that everyone was fighting like mad over everything, so he got caught up in the excitement and figured he'd better get one of everything too, just in case we needed it.

Everything?
Everything except a tiny crock pot.

This is EXACTLY why men should stay home with the children and women should handle the Black Friday business.

I went to help a friend out with some cleaning this morning, and stopped at WM on my way home to pick up my tiny crock pot. It was the very last one, but I got it, and it only cost me $3.80 after our Walmart Associate discount. Woot! I'm having me some Sweet Baby Ray Lil' Smokies and chips with queso dip tonight!

Aaron is at Walmart right now, returning 2 of the movies, the MP3 player (seriously, whyyy?), the mixer, the blocks, the memory game, and the V Tech thingy, but NOT the camcorder.

So stay tuned... we will soon be featuring video footage of all the ridiculousness that happens in our home on a regular basis. If you get lucky, one of us will tape the other talking in his sleep.

Bad things happen when men shop...or at least when my man shops. I have learned my lesson and definitely should have just gotten out of bed at 4:45 this morning.