{"id":3095,"date":"2016-11-27T02:07:30","date_gmt":"2016-11-27T07:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/?p=3095"},"modified":"2016-11-27T02:07:30","modified_gmt":"2016-11-27T07:07:30","slug":"black-friday-fever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2016\/11\/27\/black-friday-fever\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Friday Fever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2016.11.27.a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3097\" src=\"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2016.11.27.a-100x100.jpg\" alt=\"2016-11-27-a\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2016.11.27.b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3098\" src=\"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/2016.11.27.b-100x100.jpg\" alt=\"2016-11-27-b\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>We returned to the Vacaville outlets this year to brave Black Friday again. Fortunately, with most online merchants rolling out their deals way ahead of time, I was able to get most of my purchases done the night before. We ordered a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ezvizlife.com\/item\/6.html\">Wi-Fi camera<\/a> to serve as a baby monitor, a motorized <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kwikset.com\/products\/styles\/smartcode-deadbolt-with-home-connect.aspx\">deadbolt<\/a> that can be unlocked remotely, a Capiz shell <a href=\"https:\/\/jet.com\/product\/Jeffan-White-Capiz-Rectangular-Console-Table\/fe024e2c48744f3eb2b641f99b83bce2\">console table<\/a> for the guest room, and a pair of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.definitivetechnology.com\/products\/w7\">W7 speakers<\/a> from <a href=\"definitivetechnology.com\">Definitive Technology&#8217;s<\/a> BF BOGO deal. I also found a great deal on a new <a href=\"https:\/\/madeby.google.com\/phone\/\">Google Pixel<\/a> phone to replace my dying <a href=\"http:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/mobile\/phones\/galaxy-s\/samsung-galaxy-s5-verizon-charcoal-black-sm-g900vzkavzw\/\">Samsung S5<\/a>. By the time we got to the outlets, we were able to shop at a leisurely pace, with my wife feeding an intermittently-febrile little Westley while I trolled for a parking space. We ended the day with some work <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouseblackmarket.com\">clothes<\/a> for Melody, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carters.com\/\">outfits<\/a> for Westley, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.homegoods.com\/\">gift baskets<\/a> for my co-workers. I also supplemented my holiday shopping online with some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.americanexpress.com\/\">AMEX<\/a> gift cards and even a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adorama.com\/inkd3300kr.html\">DSLR<\/a> for my lab tech. We unwinded for the rest of the weekend, putting up the Christmas tree, visiting the neighborhood park, and enjoying Westley&#8217;s newfound skill in babbling. It was endearing to hear his first words of &#8220;da da,&#8221; though I&#8217;m sure his mom is jealous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We returned to the Vacaville outlets this year to brave Black Friday again. Fortunately, with most online merchants rolling out their deals way ahead of time, I was able to get most of my purchases done the night before. We &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2016\/11\/27\/black-friday-fever\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3095\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}