I highly recommend shopping at 6:30 in the morning....

I set the alarm for 4:45 a.m. thinking that would give me enough time to make it to Meijer's in Louisville by 6:00 a.m. to beat out the other shopper's.  Clearly there was sleep deprivation involved when deciding on that time.  Unfortunately it is most likely my ability to not really think my plans through when deciding that an hour and 15minutes would be enough time for me to get up, get ready, force my dog out for a walk and then drive for 45minutes!!  Sad part of that plan is that I thought it was all good until I was in the car and I looked at the clock realizing that is was 6:30!  A good half hour after the sale started.  I even considered for a brief moment that the clock was wrong because I forgot to change it when we fell back an hour a few weeks ago.  I am seriously starting to get concerned about myself.....

Fortunately for me, there was hardly anybody in the store when I arrived!  Not going to lie that I felt a little foolish running in at that time of the morning in search of a vacuum. I was greeted by a very lovely man with absolutely the most nose hairs hanging out of his nose that I have ever seen.  I mean, I throw up in my mouth each time I think about it.....like just now.....HOW WOULD THAT NOT DRIVE YOU CRAZY?  I mean there were so many..and they were sooo long!!!!....sick, just threw up again....the horror!  Despite the fur protruding from his nasal cavities, he was very helpful and pointed me in the direction of the prize I was in search of.  I felt very hopeful with the lack of customers that I was going to be walking out with a vacuum.  I nearly cried when I find the aisle and couldn't find the Dyson I wanted.  They had all the other ones....but not mine!  I pulled boxes out....I paced the aisle....I searched for someone I could ask if they had more in the back!!  I mean how could I have missed out by less than an hour?  Did they only have one vacuum to sell? Was I scooped by an employee? Thankfully I had my IPhone with me and I started searching for other Meijer's to see if I could still get lucky.  As the phone was in search mode, I walked out of the aisle and turned towards the grocery aisle and that is when I saw it.  A whole pallet full of the DC 28 Dyson Pet Vacuums!!!!  I almost cried with relief.  I couldn't hardly wait to scoop one up and place it in my cart. 

With my objective of the day accomplished, I was free to wander the store shopping stress free.  I was there for a good two hours. Meijer's is really a huge place. Even when I was ready to leave there were hardly any shoppers and certainly no line ups to deal with.  Out of the store before 9:00 and with another hour to wait before the next store on my "To Do" list was open I went in search of a Starbucks! A reward for a job well done!!