From popping around the Blogsphere it looks like most people had a pretty good Thanksgiving.WooHoo. Here in Tammi's World it wasn't bad at all. I slept - alot. I got some work done in the Storage Room from hell. Well, actually - I got a lot of stuff moved out of there - now I just have to fit it all back in. Yikes!! But that's ok - I like a challenge.
Today - today is Black Friday. The busiest shopping day of the year. Folks were out and about by 5:00am. That's in the morning. To Shop. 5:00am to shop. I don't get it. Never have...but obviously I'm in the minority here.
Most of my friends/family are big BF shoppers. They start planning weeks in advance. Now there are websites that help you put together your plan. The papers all cater to it. Everything is centered around it. Heck - Kmart now starts on Thanksgiving Day with sales going.
No. And No again. And honest to goodness you couldn't pay me enough to get anywhere near a mall or store today. Even when I was a sales rep - I didn't do it. Oh - my boss told me too - but I flat out disobeyed. No One wanted some sales rep around when they could be selling and making commission. So I managed to steer clear of that trap.
I love a good bargin - but I just can't take the crowds. Or the traffic. It's just not worth what ever I could save. Maybe I'm just not frugile enough. I don't know I just know that today - I'm on the hunt for someplace to eat breakfast - I'm starving! And then it's back home where I can putter some more. I've got candles to put out, pretties to place and well..whatever I want. And that does NOT include shopping of any sort.
Posted by Tammi at November 25, 2005 07:52 AMDoesn't sound like fun to this frugal girl either.....crazy shoppers running into stores...count me out.....
Posted by: armywifetoddlermom at November 25, 2005 08:50 AMMy wife and I both worked retail while we lived in New York.
We both worked retail during Black Friday. Me for 2 years; Her for 8 years.
Between the two of, we would rather have red hot branding irons shoved in our eyes than step anywhere near a retail store on BF.
Posted by: BloodSpite at November 25, 2005 11:01 AMMy wife and I both worked retail while we lived in New York.
We both worked retail during Black Friday. Me for 2 years; Her for 8 years.
Between the two of, we would rather have red hot branding irons shoved in our eyes than step anywhere near a retail store on BF.
Posted by: BloodSpite at November 25, 2005 11:02 AMno no never ever. i don't do Black Friday. the only shopping i do around that day is online.
i did venture out today, but i went to the Rag Shop (not crowded), Hallmark in a business area (not crowded, and oh! i got the cutest "first Christmas together" ornament!), Kohl's (not crowded), Kirklands (oh i wanted everything in there, and they didn't have the Winter Wonderland candles i was looking for). it was great, everyone was at work and i was where people weren't.
Posted by: sarahk at November 28, 2005 05:37 PM