brooke does black friday take one

13 year old Brooke has watched me "do" Black Friday almost every November.  This year she thought she would give it a go.  I would have loved to have initiated her but being almost 33 weeks into a pregnancy my body is way too old for, I had already decided to sit this one out.  So Kevin took her. But from the story he told after falling into bed at 3am early this morning, she could still use some schooling.
Last weekend we worked the church nursery together and I had asked her if she had a plan.  What doorbusters did she want?  What stores did she want to shop at?  I downloaded an app that had all the sales.  She could search by store or category.  She seemed bored after just a few minutes of paging through it. 
So Thanksgiving Day came and there was still no plan.  We picked up a friend of hers around 6pm that was tagging along.  When pressed by dear hubby for a plan, the girls said they would like to go to the mall and it was opening at midnight.  The van left about 11:30 with...SURPRISE...Luke in tow. 
Kevin and Luke walked the entire mall at least twice.  In that time Brooke succeeded in getting in line at Wet Seal to purchase a dress that she had not tried on and it was NOT on sale.  That turned out to be the extent of her Black Friday purchases.  As I type this, Kevin is back at the mall with her to return it because it is see through and on second thought maybe not even a dress after all.

*Update. Turns out, purchases from Wet Seal are non-refundable. You may return for store credit only. I think she may have cried. Next year will be better. I will start resting up NOW!

graduated!

 

Em with Nan and Pop.

Last Friday Emma received an Honors Diploma from Midview High School. I didn't cry but her aunt did. I was doubly glad I had snuck her in without a ticket. Blended families should get double the tickets. ;)

Under her gown she wore a beautiful white cotton dress from ICE. It was a lined and had an embroidered eyelet pattern. We picked it out together about a week ago and then shared Chipotle to celebrate. The dress fit her personality perfectly and matched her white leather peace sign thong sandals.

It looks way nicer on Em.  I'll fix this later.

Now to get ready for the party.