Tales from a Warehouse Sale

I had heard that Kelly's Kids was having a warehouse sale in Nashville this Saturday, November 22nd. You dads out there may or may not know what kelly's kids is but I am confident that you moms know what kellys kids is and are thinking Wow a warehouse sale. Those were my thoughts exactly. So, I made arrangements with Matt to watch Ella Catherine so I could go. It started at 9am and I wanted to be there when it opened to get the best deals. Well, I didn't take parking into account and so I was 5 minutes late. I thought 5 minutes isn't a big deal, there will be plenty of good deals left. I could not have been more wrong. When I opened the door I was completely taken a back. I thought I had walked into the set of a TV sitcom. Seriously, it reminded me of the Friends epsiode where Monica goes shopping for her wedding dress. You know the one, she takes Rachel and Phoebe along and gives them whistles. When the door opens, Monica goes to it scavaging for her dress while Rachel hides and Phoebe stands there completely overwhelmed. I was Phoebe. I was completely overwhelmed and flabberghasted at what I was experiencing. Women were running around grabbing what they could and looking at sizes later. By the time I located the girl's size 2 rack it had been wiped clean. I was a rookie and these women were pros. 10 women had gotten together and when the doors opened they split up and grabbed everything they could off of every rack they could. They then went and sat in a circle at the back of the room and dispersed their goodies. If there was any item left after their group had rummaged through everything they would offer it up like crumbs to the women hovering over them like vultures. I couldn't help myself, I found myself among the vultures looking for a crumb to be tossed my way. In the end I left with 3 cute items and a very BIG lesson learned. I will never go to one of these warehouse sales by myself again. So, any of you moms interested in coming to Nashville for the next sale just let me know. I'll provide the whistles and buy the margaritas at lunch.