Posted on | November 23, 2012 |
Scored at Home Depot ~ picked up nearly everything but the paint I went there for.
Move over Best Buy.
I?ve been known to roll out my share of flat-screened TVs and under $200 computers for the kids, but the deals I decided to chase this year were in the paint department on Black Friday.
Found a lotta? folks who are geared the same way.
Patti Bolter picks out holiday plants before her retail shift begins at Ross.
Robert Ybarra made a beeline to the ladder section, affirming he was chasing deals for gadgets to use around the house. Patti Bolter was spotted loading plants and a miniature Christmas tree into the back of her car outside the Home Depot in Moreno Valley.
Patricia Fekay picks up her holiday paint
?This is the only shopping I?ll do today,? she said. ?My shift at Ross starts at 11,? she said.
I aimed my cart toward the paint department ? filling it with red twist CFL holiday light bulbs, three solar-powered, ?I?ll be home for Christmas? candles, a ?Ho-Ho-Ho? doormat by Martha Stewart, Poinsettia Elite plant, two Wavy Decoblocks and a Husky 20? tool caddy for $1.98 ? and found Patricia Fekay, a kindred spirit.
Fekay was leaning over a stainless steel counter laden with multiple pints of mixed paint colors ? enough to create a holiday rainbow ? and I felt vindicated.
When I asked her why she was here, instead of the mall, she replied, ?It?s what I do.?
Fekay buys paint every year ?round this time to create holiday windows for businesses. ?I?ve traveled from here to Yuma, Arizona,? she explained. ?I?ll draw whatever people want; and I love it.?
As Fekay dashed away to paint the windows on a new business, Empire Loan & Jewelry in Moreno Valley, clerk Reyjon Anderson said it?s been an exceptionally busy day.
?Paint?s been flying out of the store,? he said, and it?s not even on sale.
As for me? I took out a few paint samples. And, a paint tin filled with tool-shaped sugar cookies. Cute! 
Total bill for 13 items, $67.
Memories, as they say, priceless.
Next stop, Best Buy.
How did you fare on Black Friday sales? Send your comments to dgruszecki@pe.com, please post your comment on the block or on Twitter @Debinpalmsprngs
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