13 has always been my lucky number and today it doubled as my place in line to go into the brand new TJ Maxx that opened this morning at 8am.  I always work on the day after Thanksgiving so I never partake in the Black Friday craziness…but had always wanted to.  I felt like this was my chance to enjoy a little "shopping frenzy".                            You know…it was pretty fun!

Me and my fellow line-mates got to the store around 7:30ish.  I guess, since I was #13 some may have gotten there much earlier.  (not up to "that" much frenzy!)  We enjoyed watching the new employees go through some employee kind of things before the big moment.  They seemed as excited as we were!  The rain didn’t dampen any spirits.

Once the ribbon was cut, the mad dash was on.  I saw so many of you out shopping this morning.  The first 400 of us received free shopping bags.  Those were all gone by the time I checked out at 9:30am.  Speaking of checking out…I didn’t quite think through over 400 people trying to check out at relatively the same time.  That took a while but everyone had a great time chatting and comparing bargains. 

Statesboro has hit the "big time" now with Hobby Lobby, PetCo, Rack Room Shoes, TJ Maxx and soon…Books a Million.  From all the people in line checking out…it didn’t look much like a recession to me!