I wish all those who are so excited for Friday, all the best in your endeavors to complete all of your Christmas shopping in one day. Kudos to you. And, bless you. Me on the other hand, I will not be joining the craziness of this day. Being a former retail owner, I know how important Black Friday is. It was our make it or break it time. We were a small gift store. A Mom and Pop so to speak type store. There were 3 definite holidays that we relied on to help us make it another year in retail. Valentines Day, Mother's day, and the Holiday season which kicks off technically the day after Thanksgiving AKA Black Friday. The day that hopefully most retailers will start running in the black instead of the red. I'm all for this day. I'm just not for the retailers now opening their doors on Thanksgiving night, or even 12:01 am Friday morning. For that I feel blessed this season for not having to worry about being there and opening our doors to the mad crowds. I have been able to stay home now for the last few years and enjoy some very well deserved peace and quiet. I did get a wild streak one year not long ago, and join the bunches of people pushing and pulling for that grand midnight opening at a local mall here. I thought it would be fun to say that I at least tried it. Well I did and it was not for me. For one thing, the fire marshall would shut doors to shops just before I was to go in. Too many people inside he would say. Have to wait until there is a legal limit on bodies. So for the next few hours, I patiently walked the mall, managed to get into a few, make a some purchases, and then leave, only to crash once I got home and realize that it was not worth it. Pulling out my laptop, ordering from Amazon, way much easier. I still like to shop the stores, too and get caught up in the chaos of the season, I just like to have all my limbs stay intact on my body and not be left lying on the ground. I know first hand how horrible people can be trying to get into a store. I lived through it with our own store. For some reason Black Friday brings out the worst in people. I hate confrontation.
We now have "tent cities" popping up by some major retailers front doors. Waiting and anticipating the great deals and bargains to be had on Friday. I hope you are successful in getting what you want and I really hope that it's worth it. Memories are fun to make, but I can think of better ways to make a memory and camping out in front of a store is definitely not one of them. I'll enjoy a leftover turkey sandwich in your honor and salute you with my beverage of choice. A good warm brandy sounds pretty appealing. If this is what you really want to do, then go for it. I won't hold you back. Have fun.
May you feel the love and not the Scrooges in this world on Friday. Don't forget to say Happy Holidays, Seasons Greetings, Merry Christmas, whichever is more "politically" correct for your vocabulary. Get your lists together, head out the door with a game plan, and play nice with the other people. The man in red will be watching over you and checking his list............
I could have written another entire page on 1 F. Lots of good things came about this week. I will save it for another time. He would have been treated as an entree. Some fine yumminess on a silver platter. But, the turkey moved him over. It's Tom Turkey's time to be the center of attention.........1 F...you still have command of the pedestal though........
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