Black Friday
No plans to shop turned into almost a whole day of shopping with Jacob. It went from dad going out for a couple of things to getting a lot of our Christmas shopping done. I won't go into all of the details because we wouldn't want to give any clues, hints or let anything out of the bag(s), now would we? We left after feeding Jacob around 10:30 am and didn't get home until almost 4:30 pm. It was difficult to believe that Jacob slept almost the whole time. He decided that he wanted to eat around 3:00pm which was still a long time for him to go. He almost ate the bottle once he realized how hungry he was.
I will let you in on one stop though. It was only for lunch so there is nothing to giveaway here, except for a low budget dinner or lunch. We went to Ci-ci's which is an all-you-can-eat pizza restaurant. They have salad, pizza, pasta and dessert for the low price of $4.99 per adult (over 10) and then about $1.65 or so for a drink other than water. Amy and I weren't expecting much, but the salad bar was great and there was a wide variety of pizzas. Anthing from pepperoni, to ham and pineapple, to even mac n' cheese. This was probably the most "different", but was surprisingly not that bad. If you haven't of heard of this place before, we went to the one by Oakland Mall that just opened on Monday. Not a priority on the pizza list, but it was hot, fast and pleasantly surprising.
The big reason that there was much success in shopping we feel was due to the lack of people shopping. We didn't have to wait in line much if at all anywhere and we were able to find/know whether or not what we were looking for was still available. Many lots were not full or as full as we would have expected for them to be either. Eleven stores, plus lunch and one attempt at a store that is now close, not bad for 6 hours, eh? I think we cruised along pretty well for not having a plan when we left the house... It was a lot of getting in and out of the truck, but we had it down. I would get the stroller out and Amy would get Jacob. On the way out, I would put Jacob in while Amy put the goods in and sometimes folded the stroller and I would put the stroller in the truck while she was getting in. We can't tell you how much we got done, but let's just say it was a lot...
I will let you in on one stop though. It was only for lunch so there is nothing to giveaway here, except for a low budget dinner or lunch. We went to Ci-ci's which is an all-you-can-eat pizza restaurant. They have salad, pizza, pasta and dessert for the low price of $4.99 per adult (over 10) and then about $1.65 or so for a drink other than water. Amy and I weren't expecting much, but the salad bar was great and there was a wide variety of pizzas. Anthing from pepperoni, to ham and pineapple, to even mac n' cheese. This was probably the most "different", but was surprisingly not that bad. If you haven't of heard of this place before, we went to the one by Oakland Mall that just opened on Monday. Not a priority on the pizza list, but it was hot, fast and pleasantly surprising.
The big reason that there was much success in shopping we feel was due to the lack of people shopping. We didn't have to wait in line much if at all anywhere and we were able to find/know whether or not what we were looking for was still available. Many lots were not full or as full as we would have expected for them to be either. Eleven stores, plus lunch and one attempt at a store that is now close, not bad for 6 hours, eh? I think we cruised along pretty well for not having a plan when we left the house... It was a lot of getting in and out of the truck, but we had it down. I would get the stroller out and Amy would get Jacob. On the way out, I would put Jacob in while Amy put the goods in and sometimes folded the stroller and I would put the stroller in the truck while she was getting in. We can't tell you how much we got done, but let's just say it was a lot...
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