We were invited by Sears to come and set up in their parking lot on Black Friday. We were excited for the opportunity to give Gram's Mini Donuts some exposure and to provide the hoards of black Friday shoppers with hot donuts, coffee and hot chocolate. Well, provide we did!
We ran into a problem right off the bat when we went to use our new (very expensive) extention cord. The ends of the cord were not the right ends needed to plug into our power source. Luckily, a good friend of ours happened to be driving through the parking lot, saw us setting up and decided to stop. Turned out, he had everything Danny needed to switch out the plugs and we were up and going in no time.
We dropped our first donut at 6pm on Thursday and never stopped the machine until Friday afternoon at 2:20pm. When you factor in the set up/take down, we pulled a full 24 hour shift. There were lots of hungry and cold shoppers lined up at the various stores in the shopping center with Sears. Opening times were staggered enough that lines continued throughout the night.
The weather more than cooperated with temps in the 60's during the day on Thursday and only dropping down to the mid 40's. Friday morning we battled some wind and rain, but by lunchtime the clouds had parted and the sun made a brief appearance.
Our oldest daughter and her boyfriend came and helped out in the middle of the night giving Danny and I the chance to catch a few winks in the back of the Suburban. We took blankets and pillows and although it wasn't the same as our nice warm bed, it was nice not to have to make the drive home while we were sleepy.
All in all, our first Black Friday experience was a good one. The shoppers were all friendly and grateful to have a hot snack and hot drinks available to them while they waited in lines and shopped. We hope that all of you had an enjoyable Thanksgiving with family and friends and that you were able to find some great Black Friday bargains!
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