Maybe it was the food coma yesterday, but this year's Black Friday ads didn't seem like much of anything special. The regular old stuff at the regular old prices, just jazzed up marketing to make you think you're getting a better deal.
Or maybe I just have less money to spend.
Anyway, I spotted a couple of things I wanted to give as gifts at decent prices, so out I went.
Not at midnight. Or 4 a.m., like the hardcore bargain shoppers. (I like my sleep more than nearly any discount.)
By the time I rolled into one department store at the late hour of 10:30 a.m., the one item I was in search of was sold out.
Sold out? At 10:30?
It wasn't even anything I would have anticipated being much in demand. (I cannot specify the item for fear that the recipient may read this post.)
My God.
the best thing about Black Friday is: I don't have to leave the house for anything, including food.