Black Friday!

For Thanksgiving weekend, we decided to take a nice break from work related to the house.  The only thing we did for the home was buy lots of stuff on Black Friday!  :)

Went to Macy's and stocked up on guest towels and pots/pans (need new ones for our induction cooktop).  We scored a $40 king size down alternative comforter!  It would've come with two pillows if we had got the deal earlier in the day.  (Macy's opened at midnight but there was no way we were going to do that with a kid now.)

We also bought two more place settings and silverware sets for the upcoming Christmas dinner we're hosting.  We scored an awesome discount on both pieces due to an incredibly enthusiastic saleslady who works in the bridal department.  She gave us a discount earlier than usual.  hehe.

Walking around the mall, there was a guy handing out flyers for the Sony store.  We went to check it out.  There was a 40" TV going for $600, retailed at $1300.  After lunch and a stop by the house (for the scheduled chimney cleaning and inspection), we went back to the Sony store to buy the TV.  In the late morning, there were about 8-10 TVs but by afternoon around 3:30pm there were only 2 left.  We grabbed one, and while paying for it, the last one was sold.  The guys at the store said that there were no more at their warehouse either.  So lucky we got it!!

For our chimney cleaning, it unfortunately did not happen.  Maybe it was fortunate so that we could get back to the mall early enough to buy that TV.  Anyway, our chimney was damaged by the 1989 earthquake according to the chimney guy.  We would actually have to rebuild the damaged part of the chimney.  He would not clean it because it was damaged.  He had been previously burned by customers who used their fireplace with their clean but damaged chimney even though he warned them not to.  Then they would complain to him when something went wrong.  So he went away with the expectation of sending a quote for the chimney rebuild later.