It was pretty ridiculously crowded, but the nice thing was that I got to see a lot of my past co-workers from other branches, who I hadn't seen in years. It seemed that everyone was there! I even saw my boss and his wife stagger in at 5:30 am! In the back of my mind I wondered how it was he could make it down there at 5:30 am for a computer sale, but can't get to work by 8:00 am? ;) (I always tease him because he's perpetually late) :P
All in all it was a pretty profitable day. Mark purchased a digital camera at 15% off and some DVDs. I bought a scanner (it was only 5% off, but it wasn't too expensive to begin with - and my old one is really on its last legs), and some mini-discs. I was upset to find that they didn't carry any Mini-disc recorders and got rather irritated at the salesperson who kept trying to convince me that I really wanted an MP3 player instead (UGH - I know what I want!) :P We also purchased a DVD player for my Mom for Christmas (a really reasonable one) and got a DV recorder at $100 off! :) It was a great day for shopping, but I think we definitely spent WAY too much money! :P
The rest of the afternoon was spent reading instruction booklets, charging batteries, installing drivers for hardware, etc. We're pretty much in electronic, computer-land bliss right now. :)