28 Nov 08 Black Friday

According to Wikipedia the term was coined fairly recently, but refers to the day after Thanksgiving, and serves as the unofficial start to the Christmas shopping season.

Myself, if I am working, which I often am, then that’s what I do! Otherwise, even if I have the day off, I avoid the stores if I can.

I dislike crowds, and all that pushing and shoving is not me at all. I also dislike having to stand in line for more than a few minutes. I’m very much an ‘in and out’ shopper once I do go to store.

I mostly shop online these days in any case, unless there is something I urgently need, or unless I want to get a ‘hands on’ look at a product first.

I’ll be the first to admit, I have no loyalty to any particular store, online outlet or brand. If I’m buying a bigger ticket item, I’ll take my time to carefully review the item I am after from a number of sources.

Right now, there isn’t anything I desperatly need, and I’m not one for spending money for the skae of it, even if I have it to spare. It’s not a bargain then, is it?

Today too, has seen a tragedy, that quite frankly didn’t surprise me, when a Long Island Wal-Mart worker was apparently trampled to death by hoardes of bargain hunters when he opened the doors of the store where he was working at 5.03 am this morning.

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