Last year we went to Seattle Premium Outlets before 12mn on Thursday, Thanksgiving Day. It was advertised that shops will open by 12 midnight. The place was full-pack with shoppers. Once the shops opened, shoppers were so competitive, the ambiance was sort of chaotic. Panic shopping was not for me so we went to the nearby Walmart where we bought all the Christmas gifts on my list when the Black Friday prices took effect at 5am. Later, we shopped some more at Old Navy, Ross and Costco.
This year, we went again on Thursday afternoon with buffet dinner first on our agenda. We did not like the food at Skagit Casino so we tried Bamboo Garden Chinese Buffet in Mt. Vernon, Washington. We have eaten here before so we knew what to expect. Since it was Thanksgiving, they have the Seafood Dinner Buffet the whole day, so as early as 3pm, we were having a wonderful dinner. I mostly feasted on at least 5 different (but similar) kinds of shrimp dishes while Mar so very much enjoyed the king crab legs, he ate so much which was so unlike him.
Cameras were forgotten at home, sorry no pictures.
After dinner, we went to Seattle Premium Outlets, which was 146 kms from our house. It was still early for the 12 midnight shopping but we want to park there and nap. I went to check on the shops for some window shopping, expecting the shops to be closed. At the Coach shop, when I went there to window shop at 6pm, there were about 12 ladies already in line. Two ladies even brought camping/foldable chairs, so they were comfortably seated, two more ladies brought a huge comforter which they shared while seated on the cemented ground, some more ladies were just standing in line talking. I ask the first lady the time Coach is going to open their door and she said 10pm. Meaning they will be waiting in line from 6 to 10pm before they enter the door on a very cold autumn night just to buy Coach bags or purses whatever you call it. Take note they were there even before 6pm, what time exactly, I do not know, I was too ashamed to ask. If they were there at 5pm, then, they were ok with 5 hours waiting. I was not.
Mar and I surveyed the outlet mall and by the time we were done 30 minutes later, more people had joined the line. Throughout the night, more and more men and women joined the queue, several hundreds of them, which for me was unbelievable.
Just like last year, we gave up on the outlet and went to Walmart where we bought a huge tv which was heavily discounted and some more items our children wanted. We also shopped at Target and Costco. In the morning, we went back to the outlet to see what's going on at Coach's shop because my husband wanted to buy me a new bag.
There were about 20 people in line, I hesitated, but later decided to join the line when I noticed the line was moving at a nice pace.
Mar and I was outside the store in line for about 30 minutes, we were actually inside the store another 30 minutes and came out with one huge black leather Coach bag.
Mission accomplished.
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