Outer Darkness sounds dark enough, it could be called black.
A cat crossing your path is bad luck when the cat is black.
It's wise to avoid black holes like your life depends on it.
The stock market crashed on Black Monday.
Only evil people join "The Dark Side."
The pot AND the kettle are black.
Now, I don't think that black is evil. I rather like the color. I'm just pointing out that it's not a stretch to say that Black Friday Is Evil.It's wise to avoid black holes like your life depends on it.
The stock market crashed on Black Monday.
Only evil people join "The Dark Side."
The pot AND the kettle are black.
Commercialism of Christmas aside, shopping the day after Thanksgiving is a great way to get you fully immersed in the Christmas season. I used to LOVE it. That is, until the stores ruined it.
I hate it for a mix of reasons ranging from sleep deprivation to false advertising to unbelievably large crowds of crazy, sleep deprived, competitive, and often frustrated people (mostly crazy). And now that they've made it so crazy, I hate leaving my house on that day!
And what's with calling it Black Friday, anyway? It's not ALL about what it does for the store, right? If it's about us, they should call it "Amazing Deals Friday," or "Perfect Shopping Day Friday," or "Non-Procrastinating Friday," or even "Kick-Start Friday." Or, if you're stuck on it being about color, name it "Colorful Friday."
Maybe my attitude comes from being burned for a few years in a row on this special day (burned... as in black... as in EVIL! I'm just sayin'. Logic wins here.)
And I know that not everyone feels the same.
It's my sister Janet's second favorite day of the year. It should have federal holiday status in her mind. It should be on all the calendars you buy, and should be a day everyone takes off work to celebrate.
She loves coming home so early in the day with her arms laden with great deals. I think that when she goes shopping on Black Friday, the world turns as green as summer for the day. The sky is filled with rainbows. Choirs of angels sing. The sun smiles down on her even when she starts shopping at an hour that is indisputably still the middle of the night.
I'm happy for her (even if I don't understand her).
So, where do you stand? Love it like we all should have a huge party, or hate it with the passion of a roaring forest fire?
6 comments:
Well since I am the JANET you speak of, I LOVE IT!!!!!!
I'm with you, Peggy. What used to be fun has turned into a way too competitive event. Camping out in front of Best Buy to be the first to grab one of a very limited amount of sale items just doesn't sound like much fun....maybe I'm just bitter because it's been so many years since I could actually participate without hiring a baby-sitter......
Well that about hit the nail on the head. I agree that states it pretty good, maybe with a little more passion about it than I would. Thanks for the many smiles this created at our house.
First of all I love your family picture. You look so beautiful.
On to black friday. I think it can be fun if you are with people, such as my sisters. However any shopping trip with sisters, or girlfriends can be fun. Maybe I don't need to wake up at 4am to have fun shopping. Oh I'm glad I slept in yesterday
Can you believe we didn't go out this year? It used to be fun, but now it's just gotten insane. It is too early and too cold for me to go out and fight the crowds. I slept in till 9.
I love your new look! I love the picture and colors you have chosen, it blends well together.
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