african american friday
Black Friday... the day which marks the beginning of the Christmas shopping season.
ridiculous.
My mom was waiting up for me at 11:30 pm when I got home from work, and we took off to the new outlets in Limerick. Around midnight, we stopped dead about a half mile or so before the entrance to the outlets... the traffic was backed up that far.
Maybe this was not such a great idea.
It took us probably 30 minutes or so to get to the outlet and actually park... and when we parked, we had to park in a construction zone because it was that packed.
Now I admit, there were a lot of good sales. Banana Republic had 40% off of everything in the store. The line there snaked all the way to the back of the store. CRAZY. Ann Taylor had some awesome sales too. Did you know that they actually have a Crocs outlet?!
The people, however, were something else. First of all, there were a ton of teenagers there. What the bleep? Go home! Everyone else there was on a mission. The worst were the middle aged moms. They just had this crazed look in their eyes and would run into you if they had their eye on the next deal. So nuts.
My mom and I got into the car to go home at 4:22 am. On our way, mom saw a Khols and went there which, if possible, was even MORE packed.
I spoke to my brother around 5am... he was doing the office depot and circuit city thing. He got the last desktop at office depot that was on ridiculous sale... and he got the last camera at circuit city for my mom, which was on sale. Yesssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
All said and done, black friday was a success.... but utterly ridiculous.
I think if you have something specific you want to get and you know there is a sale, then it is worth getting up at the butt crack of dawn to stand in a line in the freezing cold for an hour or so.
But for heaven's sake, go with a plan... do not just go shopping for the fun of it. Its not fun. Definitely not.
ridiculous.
My mom was waiting up for me at 11:30 pm when I got home from work, and we took off to the new outlets in Limerick. Around midnight, we stopped dead about a half mile or so before the entrance to the outlets... the traffic was backed up that far.
Maybe this was not such a great idea.
It took us probably 30 minutes or so to get to the outlet and actually park... and when we parked, we had to park in a construction zone because it was that packed.
Now I admit, there were a lot of good sales. Banana Republic had 40% off of everything in the store. The line there snaked all the way to the back of the store. CRAZY. Ann Taylor had some awesome sales too. Did you know that they actually have a Crocs outlet?!
The people, however, were something else. First of all, there were a ton of teenagers there. What the bleep? Go home! Everyone else there was on a mission. The worst were the middle aged moms. They just had this crazed look in their eyes and would run into you if they had their eye on the next deal. So nuts.
My mom and I got into the car to go home at 4:22 am. On our way, mom saw a Khols and went there which, if possible, was even MORE packed.
I spoke to my brother around 5am... he was doing the office depot and circuit city thing. He got the last desktop at office depot that was on ridiculous sale... and he got the last camera at circuit city for my mom, which was on sale. Yesssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :)
All said and done, black friday was a success.... but utterly ridiculous.
I think if you have something specific you want to get and you know there is a sale, then it is worth getting up at the butt crack of dawn to stand in a line in the freezing cold for an hour or so.
But for heaven's sake, go with a plan... do not just go shopping for the fun of it. Its not fun. Definitely not.
posted by FireWithin at 11:25 AM
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