My intention was to just wait for my mom as she returned a surround sound system. Her line was so long that I started to wander. I happened upon a portable hard drive with a terabyte of storage for $70, something I've been telling myself to buy since I invested in my MacBook Air. Might as well pick one up.
Seeing that my mom was still only halfway through the line, I headed toward the digital cameras. I thought maybe they'd have some dSLRs with charged batteries for me to play with. It was a little too congested, apparently cameras are popular gift items. I did strike gold in the accessories aisle, where 16GB memory cards for dSLRs were marked down from $40 to $9.99.
Despite my strongest loathing for Black Friday, I found two items that I wanted and were worthy enough sales to...wait in line. The line was winding through the home appliances and an internal battle occurred as I took my place at the end. It could have been much worse, and I'm sure it was earlier, but the ten minutes that I waited was enough to test my patience.
Now that I was committed to the memory card, I might as well head over to a local camera shop for a little hands on time. Luckily that's not exactly a door buster type of retailer. Although there were other customers in the store, I walked right in to a helpful sales associate. And despite thinking that I knew what I wanted, he managed to plant a Canon seed in my mind. Regardless, I don't think I'll be leaving this town without a camera.
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