Today is hot wheels collector day at Big K . Mike has been a hot wheels fan since he was a little boy and still collects them. Only difference is that now he doesn't let anyone play with his cars. ( I guess he started this when his cousin used to eat the wheels off his cars)Now he just keeps them in their original packages in boxes and takes them out now and then to admire them. To Mike Hot wheel days are right up there with Thanksgiving and his birthday. They rank a little higher than Our Anniversary or Valentines Day. Unfortunately today's event fell on a day that Mike was offered overtime at work. Usually this would be a no brainer and he would decline the extra shift, however, bills are high and the account low so off to work he went. Feeling bad,I agreed to take the kids and go Hot Wheeling for him. So at 8:00 am we piled into the Aztec with lists of the " special K mart cars" and braved the five degree temps to join the other collectors.
For those of you who have never attended one of these events, let me explain the procedure. First, about 50 collectors gather in the toy department at Big K and wait. Soon an Employee comes out with a roll of tickets.Every collector , their spouse, or child gets a ticket. At 9:00 sharp the employee starts drawing as many tickets as there are boxes of cars .
( usually 18 at our store ) If your ticket is drawn, you get to open a box of cars and pick out which ones you would like to purchase. After all the boxes are opened and the " lucky winners" have gotten what they want all the rest of the cars are dumped on a table for the others to select. There are many tales of fighting, over the beloved Treasure Hunt or K mart cars, told but our local K mart has never had such a problem.
Our family was extra lucky today as four out of five of our tickets were pulled and we were able to get a couple of all of the K mart cars. Our last box even contained a Treasure Hunt ! One of the two out of eighteen boxes. I was so excited that I called Mike at work with the news. He was thrilled, but in hind sight I should have kept quiet. After all, if I do this good, I may be asked to do it again. Really, though I can't complain. Mike works hard and I am sure that there are days that he would just as soon not, but he is a good provider and excellent husband and father so I should he honored to do this for him. Sometimes it all just needs put into perspective !
