Black Friday...

The other downside of black Friday is it is kind of the first day of the Xmas TV floodgates opening.

I went to the mailbox and onto the patio to fill the bird feeder.

The only time I have ever taken part in a Black Friday type event, was one year when my camera had committed suicide in October, I had been shopping for replacements and the one that had been out of my price range that I really wanted was $300 off but only between 7am and 9am on a Saturday. That was over 10 years ago. I shop hard enough that I normally get a good enough deal without having to fight crowds.

My sentiments exactly..

One advantage of living on an island. No big box stores (or even little ones) to temp you.

I get to take my mom to the doctors, then help them put up the 4 gazillion Xmas decorations my stepdad carved.

Yippie

Fuck black Friday..ugh!

My local sugaring studio has a sale on their services. I'll be going there today... 3 Brazilians for $100. I think I'll get 2 packages. I'll be set for the next 8 months! Otherwise, I never do black Friday shopping.

I don't shop on black friday either.. I don't need anything that badly... Too many horror stories on this day...

Crap! I forgot it's Black Friday. I have to buy some groceries tomorrow (well, later today, technically). Ugh, I don't wanna.

My favorite Black Friday activity is to go out in the desert about 40 miles and walk around the arboretum with my camera, taking pictures.

A couple things ‘at work’ in need of doing, at my leisure.. But wading through the lemmings in order to accomplish my tasks will not be fun. There’s nothing I want or need I haven’t already acquired, at least in the spectrum of inanimate objects ~

I'll go to the corner grocery store to get something for dinner, but other than that I'm staying home.

On second thought, I might go to the lunch counter at my pharmacy and get something there. I'm sure it won't be busy.

Heck no. Not leaving the house today, and even if I did I wouldn't even go near the big retailers. I'm disappointed many of them even opened on Thanksgiving, requiring their employees to come in and cut short on time with their families.

Never. It’s an awful circus. I just don’t understand the draw.
I’ll be working tho, no sweat . Happy not to be in sales this week, especially.

You do know I hope that the tradition of the original 'Black Fridays' is based upon the day when the Pope colluded with the Heads of Europe to exterminate the Knights Templar because the Knights Templar R\refused, point blank, to further fund the extravagances of the Papal Committees, etc.
Ergo, 'Black Friday' has nothing to do with black cats, walking under ladders, etc, that are supposed to bring bad luck.

I'm with you on this, never BF shopped and never intend to. Since I'm off work rehabbing this year though, I may go to my fav Thinker Toy store for the grandies since I need to get a parcel sent out to them. Saturday is a designated "local shopping" day so I may look to that for adult kids.

I’m not leaving either. Some of my family do ALL their shopping on Black Friday. No, thanks!