the concept of black friday is bizarre - esp after working in retail for so many years.
The best deals often have limited numbers. of available products. and prices fall if sales are off - chains can react pretty quickly. and it is not the biggest shopping day of the year $$wise. That happens a week or so before xmas. So when a retailer says we have o open early to get that customer dollar - I think not. and longer hours -- Well if most store were open 10 - 10 tues - sat ; I think the same number of dollars would be spent
but really - i didn't spend much time thinking about this
I'd rather keep my sanity and pay the normal price than get in line hours before a store opens and have to fight my way through to pick up a sale price.
I know some people who like the challenge of Black Friday shopping but it just isn't for me.
No sleep for me, it seems. It it were tomorrow, I could be standing in line! OK, no.
The only way I could see myself getting up at 4a or whatever is if there were a particular big ticket item that I really, really wanted that from 4a-6a it was on sale for 40%+ off or something. Like a super fancy top of the line flat screen TV that makes coffee, too. Or my first robot. Then I might try to make an adventure out of it.
Oh, Grace. That video. Bless.
ita, now I want those boots, too.
Being sleep deprived and a bit buzzed means I shouldn't comment on FB statuses, right? Right. Bedtime then.
ita-!, maybe your body's having a stress reaction? I'm sorry.
Beth, your neighborhood sounds great.
Kat, that video of Grace MELTED ME! Oof.
Happy Birthday to K!
I'm going to actually try a Black Friday outing this year for the first time ever. Because a nice friend invited me and I do have a long list of stuff to get for the kids--now that they can write their own lists. Oy.
I think I'm going to surprise DH with a Soda Stream.
Happy Turkey Day, you guys.
I have a sore elbow from shovelling, and I didn't even have a lot of shovelling to do. I'm just old. Sigh.
You're not old, Sue! By which I mean, god willing, you have many decades of shovelling ahead of you. Sorry.
ita, maybe ask someone about that the next time you're at the hospital?
One year, my parents and I took the subway to the downtown Boston Macy's early on the Friday morning -- regular people early, not 4am or whatever -- and it was practically empty! Maybe there had been people there for the doorbusters, but I feel like it's more a suburban thing. The only people outside that store in the middle of the night live there.
