I survived Black Friday...

and didn't get arrested! More astonishing than that, I didn't even lose my temper (though I'll admit it got close a time or two). Most people by now have heard of my attempt at Black Friday shopping last year (i.e. I drove across town to Best Buy at 4 a.m., pulled into the parking lot, saw the line wrapped around the building then pulled right back out and went home). I am not a fan of crowds and very much live by the "I wish somebody would..." philosophy. As in I've heard the horror stories about Black Friday and can only think to myself, "I wish somebody would try to snatch something out of my hand... I'll bust their head to the white meat".

Anyway, I have been debating on whether or not to gift myself with a point and shoot digital camera for my upcoming trip back east (as there is no way in hell I'm lugging that big ass digital SLR all over the place) for a couple of weeks now and decided as I lay in bed reading at 5 o'clock this morning that I might as well get up and go check out the line. I went to Staples (as it's relatively new and I have NEVER seen more than four cars in the parking lot) hoping the crowd wouldn't be too long. There were about forty people waiting outside half an hour before the doors opened. Smart girl that I am, I drove around in mindless circles until 6:15, enough time to miss the opening frenzy. By the time I got back, the parking lot was only half full and the crowd really wasn't bad. It took me about an hour (45 minutes of that trying to track someone down that actually worked there because the camera I wanted was locked up in the back) to get in, get my camera, and get out. So here it is... isn't she pretty :)

It's super, super tiny (about the size of a deck of cards) and as almost zero shutter lag. Love, Love, Love it!!! Here are the first few pictures I took... sorry they're just out the back door... I didn't have any other subjects available (my lazy dog is still sleeping and it would be cruel just to wake her up and shove her out into the arctic temperatures outside).

I know the mountains look kinda blurry, but it is foggy as hell here today (yes, fog in the desert, don't ask me, it's been hanging around for about 3 days though and I'm soooo freakin' sick of it!!!) The last one I used a cool feature that enhances specific colors... love how it looks on the sky... you can't even tell it's REALLY all grey and dreary here :)

Well, it's 9:30 in the morning... I really ought to try and get some sleep. Happy belated Thanksgiving to everyone... I hope you had as much fun as Kesha and I did watching Dad and Jake play Tiger Woods Golf on the Wii *sure the game cheats* (and Kesha thanks for cooking... it was AWESOME as always :D)