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Do you "do" Black Friday?
Nov. 22, 2006
Up
until 2 years ago, we'd never attempted to shop on the Friday after
Thanksgiving. But for 2004 & 2005 we had very specific things
to shop for so out we went. Well, in 2004, it was "out my husband
went." I'd wanted a waffle maker for a long time but never felt
the expense was really justified. In 2004, Wal-Mart had waffle
makers for $5. My husband left the house before dawn and managed
to get the last one at a Wal-Mart about 30 minutes from our
house. Last year it was a much bigger purchase. We lined up
at the same Wal-Mart at about 3:30 in the morning and at 7:00 am,
picked up two desktop computers with flat screen monitors for just over
$600 for both. We then stood in another endless line and finally
had them paid for and out the door at about noon. It was insane,
but ultimately worth it. We are now using the Switched on
Schoolhouse curriculum, which we are quite happy with, and since both
children have their own computers in their own rooms, we never have any
issues with scheduling school-work time.
We won't be going out
this Friday. There's nothing we need or want. Even if we
didn't always give handmade Christmas gifts, I still wouldn't use Black
Friday as my gift shopping day. I've no desire to be trampled by
some crazed consumer!
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