Black Friday - I'd Rather Be Working!

And I am. I would MUCH rather be here at the station than fighting the crowds. A few years ago, I had Black Friday off and my husband and I made the mistake of getting up at 6am and going to Best Buy.

What were we thinking? The line was already wrapped around the building, much like it was this morning.

These pictures are from the Best Buy in Florence, taken by NewsChannel 19 all-around handyman Brian Covington. Some UNA students had a good idea - wait in line, then sell their spots. It beats selling plasma!

My husband and I ended up getting a few small things that year (video games for our nephews, a CD or two for us) and then we had to wait in line for nearly 2 hours.

Never again. I won't sacrifice my sanity for the savings! Maybe I'll do a little shopping online, though.

Just Vote, People

The kids are asleep, and I've got about an hour til bedtime. If this note strikes a chord with one person, it will be worth it.

Just vote tomorrow. This year we've heard plenty from both sides. God, am I ready for it to be over. If we have to do one more day of pre-election coverage I think I'm going to go nuts. It has been an ugly election season, with candidates taking jabs at each other and going for very low blows.

I'll definitely vote tomorrow. I always vote - I'm 32 and have voted in every election since I registered in college. I even vote at the low-turnout runoffs.

So, that gives me a right to complain, since I vote. I try not to complain too much, though, because we have it pretty darn good, living in America. We enjoy more freedoms here than people in many other countries can imagine.

I don't care who you vote for tomorrow. Just vote. America will survive no matter who wins. And yes, your vote does matter. Alabama's electoral votes may already be all but promised to the red side, but your vote does matter in the local races.

And, we can't wait to take the calls in the newsroom tomorrow -

"Where's my polling precinct?"

"I went to vote, but my name wasn't on the list. I'm outraged! Give me the number for the voter fraud hotline!"

"They said I wasn't registered. I didn't know I had to be registered to vote!"

"Who's running again?"

Yep. We get these over and over on election day! What an interesting day it will be.

See you on the web tomorrow night! Check out WHNT.com for full coverage of Tuesday's races.