Friday which is Black
It has come to my attention that it is no longer Thanksgiving. Rather, it is the day after. I think we all know what that means, but I should probably still say it: Black Friday! Some people feel today is a great oppurtunity to buy nothing at all. Others, that I actually know, disagree. This has made me think about the importance of Black Friday. I can understand why it is so great for retailers and those taking our money, but I also know I get many-a-thing for free* (*after mail-in rebate). I understand the rebate ploy, but I’ve had fairly good success in paying just the 7.8% tax for Washington, and that I know is going toward the fixing of my highways and biways. What I have not seen is someone go into, say Wal-mart looking for an extremely good price, and when they don’t find it, they go and buy normal priced merchandise. If anything, I see my family and friends buy only what is on a sale and quickly bypass everything else. Maybe it is something I am missing. It does get me to the store, and it does get me to buy stuff, but I can’t imagine that Best Buy is making enough money on my free* $2.99 Computer Wipes. I must just not fit into their category, or perhaps they are eating away at me in other unforseen ways.
At any rate, I will be dragged out of bed at 6:30 to head to Fred Meyer for half priced socks. It’s a good time for socks, I must say. Who knows… maybe I’ll buy a full priced Plasma TV?