In my family Thanksgiving is not a one day holiday, it’s a four-day extravaganza. The turkey and trimmings are just the beginning of a tradition-filled, written-in-stone series of events that had been the same forever(at least until a few years ago when we started to actually leave the country to celebrate).
No matter where we are, though, I am destined to miss that most important day of the year for frugal-minded, bargain-worshiping people like myself – Black Friday.
Please don’t misunderstand – I’m always having a grand time with my family. And we’re usually shopping – at the Swap Shop or a Bahamian Straw Market. It’s fun and togetherness and kitsch and really, what could be better?
But.
Every year I miss the DVD player for $6.99. The 5 am earlybird special at Bed Bath and Beyond, where I can get 20% off my entire purchase! The Buy 1 Get 1 Free on Wiis. The free Mimosas at Tiffany’s (Okay, that one never really happened. You can probably get free Mimosa’s at Tiffany’s every day of the year,though. Not that I’d know…).
This year I couldn’t even bring myself to read the ads.
Perhaps one day I will be able to scan the web days in advance for the Black Friday deals, plan my route to take advantage of the best deals by time and location, become part of the fervor of excitement at 5 am as my fellow bargain shoppers wait bleary-eyed at 5 am for the doors to open so we can buy six iPods for the price of one.
I must live vicariously through others. Feel free to make me jealous by sharing stories of your coups!
Are You Going To Be This Way The Rest of The Time I Know You? 
November 26, 2007 at 11:14 pm
I wish I could share the wonderful deals I got, but I was not fast enough on Amazon’s Lightening Deals to score any coups. There was no way I was taking two kids out in that madhouse, so home we stayed.
November 27, 2007 at 7:08 pm
I worked on Friday, I heard that Lowes had some good deals, but even though I worked there, I missed out on those. I was too busy cutting christmas trees. 😉