Nov 23 – Day 23
Lining up in the dark cold with hundreds /thousands of
other fools at 3 or 4AM, sipping coffee, laughing and sharing stories all to
join the stampede when the doors open at 5AM for Black Friday. It’s really a
lot of fun and if you are looking for a few specific things, it’s totally
worthwhile.
But this year? Not so much. I feel that some of the major
retailers took a lot of the fun and excitement out of Black Friday by either
opening their doors and offering “Black Friday” deals on Thanksgiving evening
or by releasing them early online. Just more proof that all our holidays are
becoming more and more commercialized. Those poor Target and Wal-Mart employees
that had to interrupt or completely forgo their family celebrations and report
to work.
It just wasn’t working out for me to do the Black Friday
shopping this year and then my daughter called me at 10:30pm and convinced me
to hit our local Target with her. The entire parking lot was full and most of
the door busters were gone but there were still a few deals to be found. And I’m
guilty of snagging an online door buster on Thanksgiving for myself.
I’m thankful for the fun, excitement and deals of Black
Friday and that I'm healthy enough and able to participate but wish it would go back to FRIDAY.
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