Black Friday. The day after Thanksgiving when the holiday sales begin in earnest. A stupid name, based on the notion that late fourth quarter spending will change retailers' red ink to black. Not nearly as cool a name as 'Boxing Day', that holiday celebrated in Great Britain and it's remaining pseudo-colonies the day after Christmas. Some people think it's the day to "box up" all those crappy gifts one received and take 'em all back for much better stuff. Au contraire. Originally intended as the day to give gifts to the 'lower classes' and the poor with all its feudalistic and classist connotations, it has now morphed into a capitalistic free-for-all much like our Black Friday.Now, in addition to the completely stoopid name---Black Friday comes with some pretty stoopid customs.
That wonder of wonders called the "doorbuster sale". When every big box store in the country opens at 4AM to sell $1500 HD flat screen TVs with picture-in-picture and surround sound for $1000. And people LINE UP for it.Now normally I scough heartily at the folks who wake up early and line up and drive around trying to be the first at Wal-mart, BestBuy, Target, and Sears. You know the ones--the ladies who make their husbands get up too and wait in interminable lines while they ransack the aisles for every deal under the sun. Oh wait, that's YOU???? My bad.
BUT.....this year, I fell prey to the shopping bug.
AND BOY DID I GET SOME GOOD SHIT!!!!!!Sears Kenmore Microwave oven, 0.7 cubic foot counter top model with rotating dish and 9 pre-sets including defrost mode...59 bucks PLUS a $20 rebate. SNAP.
Garmin nuvi 250W talking navigator thingy from Radio Shack, normally $250, snagged for $170. BAM.
Dress socks at Jacque Pennay of the Gold Toe variety, 2 packs for $5. OH YEAH.
SOOOOOO, fess up......
What'd you guys get?????
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I got a great nights sleep and did not get up until 9:00am. That was good enough for me.
I worked from 9 till 5 in a big brown truck. Then on my way home I heard on National Public Radio that a worker at a Wal-mart was crushed to death under the stampeding mob at the door when he opened them at 5am. It's sad an pathetic and I hope Wal-mart get's their ass sued. And any other store that this happens in.
A day of peace by not straying from the hacienda.
i got about 350 more days of pwnage
:)
T9,
I live right around the corner from the Biggest Mall in the 616 (before a new freeway/new "no left turn" at the closest intesection), I could see the nutjobs lined up to make a left to the "mega mall."
instead I watched some OUTSTANDING Michigan HS football at Ford Field and only went out to run a few errands (and avoided the mall.)
my Christmas lawn decorations go up tomorrow, I put the stuff on timers...
I worked from 8 to 5 fixing weary shoppers cars. I have taken a cue from my wife and do a lot of shopping on-line. Then all I have to do is wait for Hammy to bring me my stuff! BTW thanks for what you do Ham.
PS. Would someone please step on sru?
Spent the day on a ranch south of Fredricksburg (Texas) helping my brother in law put up a shed. No crowds, fresh air, sore muscles.
T9: If you still have the receipt for that GPS, tigerdirect.com has it for $150.
<------Poor Graduate Student, which of course means VERY little shopping. My 3 children arrived yesterday for Turkey dinner, so I was cooking and cleaning all day (and working on my research model that I am to present on Monday). Even if I had plenty of cash and no out of town company to cook for, I would never ever go out shopping on Black Friday! Congrats to T9 and all those who have enough courage to do so!
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