Are you a sale maven? Do the words "the day after Thanksgiving" bring joy to your heart? Then get your rest tonight. The BIG sale day of the holiday season is upon us.
I won't be joining you. Personally, I'd rather go to a mall on a Tuesday morning at 9:30, when not another soul is around, other than the sales people. I don't like the hunt or the crush, and I don't need to know that I ripped the very last Baby Bumpkins out of another woman's hand, to win the shopper of the day award.
That doesn't mean I don't like to make purchases for less. I'm not convinced that you can't save just as much on other days of the year. The traffic alone is enough to make me shake in my boots. The thought of all those accidents just waiting to happen, and all the road rage, is all I need to keep me firmly planted at home.
So, tomorrow, when all of YOU are out there, braving the crowds, I'll be at home working on quilts. I'll finish the Thanksgiving clean up, and I might even start some of the holiday decorating, but I WON'T be shopping.
I'm giving my feet a rest, and having a mental health day too. I encourage you to give it some thought. Let's start a "Down with Shopping the Day After Thanksgiving" society. You have my permission to buy as many gifts on-line as you want prior to Thanksgiving. In return, you promise not to shop the day after Thanksgiving.
Comments (3)
As long as buying gas doesn't count as Day-After-Thanksgiving shopping, I'm with you! I hate the crowds and the traffic (not to mention that I dislike shopping anyway).
Posted by bogie | November 26, 2004 7:49 AM
Posted on November 26, 2004 07:49
I stopped into the grocery store for a couple of items on my way home from breakfast with fellow-retirees, this morning; but, as far as shopping day-after Thanksgiving sales, I don't recall ever having done so. I'm with you on staying away from crowds. (I did get HH's presents on line, thanks!)
Posted by Cop Car | November 26, 2004 1:13 PM
Posted on November 26, 2004 13:13
I've been at home ALL day...not even going out for gas or groceries. The keyboard on my personal computer died this morning, so I have to have a little talk with Dell. We swapped the keyboard from the office computer to confirm the problem. Still...this was better than going out today!
Posted by Buffy | November 26, 2004 5:45 PM
Posted on November 26, 2004 17:45