November 23, 2012
-
Black Friday
I don't know what to think about this tidbit of news. That Black Friday doesn't always have the best prices. Hmmm WOW they talked about that on the news this morning on TV. Tell that to the guy who camped out Wednesday night in a tent outside of Best buy! It's not my cup of tea to fight all the shoppers to shop for stuff if I can get for a better deal later.
HA!One year my sisters and I stood outside the Disney store to get a rare Winnie the pooh bean bag doll. Yeah I still have it but that was the last time in my life I got up at 4 in the morning to wait in line for hours. What is funny is I had Leif in a stroller at that time all bundled up standing outside the mall. WOW I think about what great parenting skill I had then. NOT! It was an experience that taught me a valuable lesson. Junk like toys, depreciate in value, so it isn't worth the wasted time spent to get a rare item that sells on Ebay now for about the same price you bought it. Leify was such a good baby. I did a lot of crazy stuff with him I couldn't do with my youngest son. Ha.
Anyway back to Black Friday I am walking to the walgreens for cheaper than usual laundry soap. It is my favorite brand since Aaron has skin issues. LOL They said it is on sale for $2.50 a bottle and I can really get my moneys worth on that item. No early morning start or time lost here. If they don't have it I got a good exercise out of it and a small adventure.
DO you do any shopping today? I rather do Cyber Monday. I am getting lazy about shopping.
OH Thankfulness is over for me. I got a finger wag by an elder on Facebook that I shouldn't celebrate American Thanksgiving day.
You just can't please everyone no matter what you do. I wonder if she will get pissed I shop on Black Friday too. In that case only Xanga will know.
Comments (12)
I did the black friday thing once never again oh my...nothing is worth camping out for not even ZZTop tickets lol
You can't please all the people all the time. We sometimes hear scorn from other non-American Ex-pats. living in Japan that they can't stand American celebrating thanksgiving in Japan.
Personally, I don't get the whole Black Friday thing. Maybe I am just too far away to get it.
You can't please everyone, but if you like to celebrate it, I say just go ahead and celebrate it.
As for black friday, the only shopping I do is online. I don't really want to get beat up over an item lol
@risingsunacademy - I think its fine to celebrate anywhere since that is your heritage. I know I would. :) My brother-in-law celebrated American Thanksgiving in Canada.
Since theirs is in October. Black Friday is because the stores open way early at supposedly lowest prices all year. I heard that people save up all year just to shop that day. Commitment I don't have. 
@Shining_Garnet - Oh I do. If I listen to every Native Elder I had I wouldn't be living life like I do. It can get you so confused until you realize you have your own path to follow.
Thanks!
@SisterMae - ZZTop tickets eh? Yeah my son wanted free Weezer tickets and I wouldn't camp out for those too. lol Im just not so adventurous lime that anymore.
Friday, for me is looking forward to the weekend, haha ..
Love your snowy background.
Finger wags on Facebook shouldn't count!
Black Friday is not my cup of tea either. This year, we got all of our shopping done before Black Friday, but my kids wanted to go to the 8pm sale. Problem was, my oldest did nothing but whine. She will 18 next month and I wanted to tell her to suck it up!
I get a lot of flack from folks who do not celebrate certain days due to whatever, and I just ignore it as I am not them, and it is my choice as a free citizen of the United States to celebrate what I wish:):)
I do nothing to purposely offend others and that is the bottom line.
There are only two stores here that had Black Friday happening and that is Walmart and Sears. I do not go to Sears and stay as far away from Walmart as possible.The nearest mall with Best Buy and all of that is 60 miles away.We do our shopping through amazon, feed and grain and farmers mart. We also have a regular home town grocery store here.
I didn't see much that I wanted and only went to Home Depot. I still have money in my pockets and I hope I go to sleep before temptation strikes me again.
Whenever possible, I shop online. I get the items shipped to my workplace. This saves time and effort and hassle.