SHOPPING AFTER MIDNIGHT

And Not Following My Own Advice

The alarm was set for 3:30 a.m.

The kids and I went to sleep in the clothes we would wear the next day so we could leave the house as quickly as possible. The plan was to hit the drive through at the 24-hour Krispy Kreme for donuts and hot chocolate and arrive by 4:00 a.m. to claim our place in line at Best Buy. Past experience had shown that we needed t…