How to Manage Black Friday . . .
Don't go out to stores that day. Life is too short-- stay home and spend time with your family. Get some work done around the house. Why go into aggravating situations were you have to deal with a bunch of crazed zombies who have bought into the idea that they have to shop that day?
Do you honestly think you are going to get the best deals that day alone? With the economy in a rough patch, the retailers are going to pull their pants down the closer it gets to Christmas as they realize that sales "ain't what they used to be . . . "
I'm not advocating last minute gift shopping, but I am saying that I think the good deals will come in a couple of weeks. I also don't believe in subjecting myself to aggravation as I jockey for a parking spot-- what for?
I will be managing Black Friday with the family, maybe splitting next year's wood, having a turkey sandwich, and then taking a nap. How about you?
Categories: Consumerism, Simple Living, Personal Philosophy
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I've never been one of those "day after Thanksgiving" shoppers. They always look like a bunch of sheep on a rampage and I am no sheep.
We have to remember that fights break out in the parking lots, police have evacuated stores at the request of management, and people are often hurt in the mad rush to be the first few through the doors. It's the American version of a soccer riot.
Of course, this year we have added "trampled to death" to the list of reasons to stay home and enjoy the turkey sandwich. It's a good safe and sane alternative to the o-dark thirty "crush" at the doors of local merchants.
I've heard of people that camp out days in advance to be one of the first to get a voucher for an item. They even have Thanksgiving dinner brought to them in the parking lot. Wow, that is very telling with respect to what some folks consider important and how a single purchase can be seen as a sense of achievement.
Stores open at 4a.m. and 5a.m., all in the hopes that they will lure your dollars into their cash registers first. And, we play right along like a bunch of puppets. We get what we deserve.
Stay home with friends and family, and stay out of the feeding frenzy. The choice is all yours, but as for me, I don't recognize the Christmas holiday as a day to honor shopping.
Clair
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This site is about smart spending on a limited budget, but it is also about quality living-- spending my holiday dealing with savages is not quality living in my book . . .
A big part of why I have moved to the country is to have a retreat at the end of each day from the throngs of people I deal with during the day in more urban areas-- I like people, but only in small doses on my time off with my family.
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