It seems like the whole Weekend after Thanksgiving shopping spree just gets more and more out of hand each year. Do people not realize that these same items can be purchased the day before Thanksgiving? I know there's "good sales" out there, but are they really worth the hassle? Besides that, these sales are just ploys to get a whole bunch of spend-happy people out in the stores so that they'll buy all the other non-sale items (not that there's anything wrong with that). A co-worker was telling me that he went to the mall on Friday just to watch the pandemonium. He said he actually saw two ladies choking each other over a toy. Do people not realize that we have computers were all these things can be ordered at any time? Merry Christmas.
Posted by at December 3, 2003 07:04 PMBooth, I really do agree. It's gotten totally out of hand. I assume you heard about the lady getting trampled in Wal-Mart for a frickin' DVD player (even though it was on a grrreat sale for 30 bucks)? I actually did go out on Black Friday, with family, shopping. At Best Buy, there was a line that weaved throughout the store...literally. It is no exaggeration to say that we would have been in line for nearly 2 hours. Joel and I were like "screw this". But all that said...the deals make it somewhat worth it. We left Best Buy, and were able to find a big Kitchen-Aid for Mom (which any gal will tell you is the heaven-on-earth of mixing), which everyone pitched in for, and we saved over 70 bucks merely because of when we bought it. It's stuff like that which makes it worthwhile, if you can stand the craziness, and you have some self-control...which most of these people don't:)
Posted by: UJ at December 4, 2003 08:45 AMI *heart* the internet. 90% of my Christmas shopping was done on Monday morning while answering the phone and writing paychecks.
Posted by: Micah at December 4, 2003 09:14 AM