I know a lot of people who enjoy rushing out of the door on the morning after Thanksgiving. Blood still filled with turkey and pumpkin pie they push past throngs of other people who are just as full of stuffing, grabbing for this toy and that game and this pair of black leather boots, hoping to catch a bargain before the holiday season begins.
I applaud those of you who support retailers by getting out and doing this. But I’m telling you, I just can’t understand the rush!
I am an anomaly, though: A woman who does not like to shop. I never have enjoyed going out and spending time in crowded stores, fighting over something that I really don’t need to have.
I particularly can’t imagine doing this on the day after Thanksgiving, one of, if not the, most busiest shopping days of the year! I’ve seen the photos of faces pressed against glass, the anticipation and excitement coursing through the shopper’s veins.
I understand that feeling. I know that they really, really, really want something that is just beyond their grasp and they want to be the first person to get it, and buy it, and purchase it for a great bargain.
Still, even if I loved those pair of black boots I would not be able to fight over them. I’d rather spend the extra twenty dollars onthem when they aren’t on a door buster sale and purchase the boots without having someone elbow me in the back on my way to the shoe department. I don’t like tripping over clothes that have been strewn on the floor. In fact, I find this a nightmare for the poor workers who have to go and pick all of the stuff up later.
This year I paid particular attention to the sale prices as well, since I am writing this blog. I thought it would be pertinent information to include in a post, and here it goes! I have to tell you that while I did see some outstanding deals, overall I did not see that prices were nearly that much cheaper than they had been the week before, when my husband and I donned our shopping armor and headed to the mall to pick up Christmas gifts for our kids and relatives.
Then again, we weren’t buying big ticket items like electronics or jewelry.
So, I applaud those of you who went out and fought the battle of shopping the day after Thanksgiving, especially if you woke pre-dawn to do so. You are doing your job of keeping the stores in business, which of course definitely helps this struggling economy.
Me, I will wait and shop next week, when everyone has grown weary of pacing the mall aisles grabbing this and that from the racks. I’ll pay a higher price for the items, but then, maybe that is my way of helping our economy, too.