Black Friday Reflections

With all the craziness of Black Friday and Cyber Monday it's safe to say that we are in the full swing of holiday giving. For the first time ever, I joined the chaos and headed to Target at 5:00am. Being a Black Friday amateur, I had no plan or lists to go by. I simply wandered around the store, which I know now is a bad idea. Don't get me wrong, I got some good deals, but the majority of the stuff I bought ended up being for us instead of for others. I started to feel like a jerk. Who starts off their holiday shopping by buying stuff for themselves? The more I thought about it though I realized that a lot of people probably do. If you look at the things that are on sale - TVs, pots and pans, vacuums, washers and  dryers, etc - those aren't really gifts, but necessities (at least in American standard) and so naturally you want to get a good deal on them  - whether its a Black Friday sale, Memorial Day sale or any day in between. So, maybe I'm not such a jerk after all. Next year though, I just might try again, only this time with plan to divide and conquer.