Black Friday

I didn't care much for the Black Friday sale this year...
Unlike some past years, I don't have anything that I really want to buy. I guess I've acquired quiet a bit of toys in the past that I really don't have much more to buy. YEAH RIGHT!
Whatever it is...I'm content.

Seeing how I didn't care to get anything on Black Friday sale, I just strolled down to Home Depot in the afternoon of the day after Thanksgiving Day. I was looking to buy some parts to fix my sprinkler. Soon as I strolled in to the store, a greeting lady there at the Yorba Linda store gave me a flier with all the Ads for things of sale. Great! I'll just browse to see if there's anything that I want.
Then there it was. On the front page of the multi-page advertising flier that was printed just the day before. The one that I was just thinking of getting. The one that I was willing to pay full price for. The one that I had just realized that I really need. The one. THE item.
I heard the birds sing and the angels hummm...
The entire page lit up like a christmas tree! That was it! That's what I'm going to go home with. Yes!

Of course I looked through the rest of the flier. New drill bit set. New shower head. All kinds of toys! But I wanted THE ONE. The one purchase - if I was to make any purchase today - the one purchase that would make me feel like a 6 year old boy who just got his Christmas wish. The Front Page Item.

Still I strolled down the aisles of the store nonchalantly - looking for the sprinkler parts that I had come to find.
Then it occurred to me.
If I hold this ad in my hands... and if I want this item so bad... someone is bound to want them too!
OH NO!

I trekked down the entire length of the store, looking for that Front Page Item of the Black Friday sale at the Home Depot. Not knowing what I would find when I got there...

I thought I had found it.
I thought, all I had to do was find a price tag that matched the price on the flier. I mean, there were TENS of the similar items on the rack. And hey, this one looks like the one in the ad. How aobut this one? Hmmmm..... but they don't have the correct price.
Then I heard the unthinkable.

"Oh no. The're all gone!"
What? What do you mean, they're all gone. They're right here.
Then I started to walk towards what she was pointing at.

There it was. The price tag that read, $59.
And underneath it a big empty space, and a small sign written in thin red ink, "Out of Stock."

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !

The One.
The Front Page Item.
The Untimate Toy of the Year.

It's gone.
No other store has them.
And the online store reads... Temporarily Unavailable Online - Check Your Local Store

Moral of the story? No matter whether you care for the Black Friday sale or not, No matter whether you don't think you have anything to buy or not, Always. ALWAYS. Check the Black Friday Sale Listing.

Gorilla Ladders
13 Ft. Multi Position Aluminum Ladder

Model AL-13

Price: $99.00/ea

Special Price: $59.00/ea

Valid through: 11/28/2005