"This is my favorite day of the whole year, I get to shop until I drop," I yelled.
Mackenzie, on the other hand, refused to budge. She was still asleep.
"Do I have to go shopping?" said Mackenzie, still half asleep.
I gave her a look that told her she has to come. So Mackenzie reluctantly dragged herself to the car, while I gabbed my purse and my coat. My mom met us in the car and in no time we were on our way to heaven--more commonly known as the Water Tower Mall.
"Now girls, once we get there you girls have to stick together at all times," said Mom. "Also, no fighting, you know what happens when you two fight."
I looked over at Mackenzie who as usual was ignoring me and was staring off into space.
"I cannot believe Mackenzie doesn't even care about this most special day of the year," I thought to myself.
At the mall, all the stores were having huge sales, and I was in a state of ecstatic bliss. I went into Victoria's Secret Pink to get the 30 dollar half zip and the legging set, dragging Mackenzie along. I offered to get Mackenzie something but she was just waiting to go to Forever 21 for a grey sweater.
We shopped for another 3 hours going from store to store. At Kate Spade, they were having an awesome sale, half off the sale items. Wasting no time, I bought a black purse and a pink sparkly wallet.
For our grand finale we went to our favorite store which was Forever 21. There was a huge line to get into the store because of the door busters. I had a wonderful recurring dream where I won a shopping spree here. Maybe this would be the year that my dream finally comes true!
"I am so excited to shop here, " I told Mackenzie.
"Whatever. I want to leave this line. Its too long and this is boring," Mackenzie replied.
"Are you serious? Why are you acting this way?"
"I don't understand why people spend so much money on clothes when people in Africa are starving," Mackenzie stated.
"What is wrong with you? This day is very important to me," I said, moving up to the front of the line.
"Whatever," Mackenzie replied.
I became furious and lost control. Yelling at Mackenzie, I told her that I would force her to go in, even if she didn't want to go. Then I pushed her to the front of the line and into the store.
When Mackenzie entered the store, lights began flashing and confetti burst from the ceiling. Loud celebratory music erupted from all around.
"Congratulations," said the store manager approaching here with open arms. "You are the 100th customer to enter this store on Black Friday and you win a free shopping spree! Everything in the store is free for you in the next 10 minutes.
"What is your name?" said the store manager.
I was about to tell the store manager my name, but to my horror no one was looking at me. They were all congratulating Mackenzie. How could this be true? It was my dream to win the prize, not hers. How could she do this to me?
However, even in my state of extreme disappointment and shock, like a trooper I focused my attention on the prize. Even if I didn't win, Mackenzie could still buy everything for me. After all, I was her sister, right? She wouldn't spoil my fantasy. I quickly made out a shopping list for her and handed it to her with precise instructions on what to buy. I gave her the list and told her to hurry.
Ten minutes pass..........
Mackenzie returned and I was expecting to see a shopping cart full of precious cargo. You can image my disappointment when she returned carrying only one item, a grey sweater. I just about died. I couldn't believe my eyes.
"You are so selfish, I wanted nothing more than what was on the list," I shouted. But before I knew it I was on the ground, Mackenzie had tackled me.
Paul, the mall cop came running toward us trying to break up the fight. He put both of us in handcuffs and escorted us into the mall prison and locked the cell. It was torture being with Mackenzie then. We had to stay in the same cell for three hours until Paul returned.
"Your Mom posted bail and you girls are free to go now," said Paul with a straight face.
Mom, however, was furious with us. She threatened to take away my shopping privileges for an entire year. Mackenzie just sat there, smiling the entire time.
Shopping is a game. And I just lost.
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