No shopping for my clan. Well, maybe some of the ladies may shop abit. We menfolks will be fishing and shrimping on Georgia's beautiful coast. Sorry, someone has to be on the water.
No shopping for my clan. Well, maybe some of the ladies may shop abit. We menfolks will be fishing and shrimping on Georgia's beautiful coast. Sorry, someone has to be on the water.
My significant other is going at some unworldly hour of the morning whilst the wee ones and I are fast asleep! She'll be almost done by the time I wake up to go to work. YES I HAVE TO WORK THAT DAY!!!!
I ain't goin' anywhere near the malls that day. I usually do my Christmas shopping on a weekday during the day, and I do it all at once (and yes, I give gift cards).
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Mike F.
May the Irish hills caress you. May her lakes and rivers bless you. May the luck of the Irish enfold you. May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you.
When I was working in retail, I had to deal with all of the crazy people that shopped the day after Thanksgiving...Sometimes, it wasn't so bad...but that one vicious customer always got in my line.......Oh well...even though I will still be working a part-time job in retail this year, it will be ok......I just hope that I don't get the person that wants thier things double bagged!!!!!!!! Just laughing....It is fun to watch the people.....sometimes!!!!!
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WE CAN'T CHANGE WHAT WE HAVE DONE.... BUT ONLY TAKE A LESSON FROM EACH EXPERIENCE AND MAKE THE MOST OF EACH MINUTE THAT WE HAVE LEFT AND TELL OURELVES THAT IT IS OK TO LIVE, LAUGH AND CRY..... PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE ALL WORK TOGETHER TO GIVE US WHAT WE CAN AND SHOULD EXPERIENCE AND WE NEED TO CHERISH ALL OF THE TIME THAT WE SPEND WITH OURSELVES AND OTHERS MAKING THE MOST OF THE SPECIAL MEMORIES THAT ARE OURS.. AND THE ONES THAT WE HAVE YET TO CREATE WITH THE PEOPLE THAT WE HAVEN'T MET!!!!![/SIZE]
I, too, have to work. And yes I am in retail. Fortunately (or unfortunately?) I am not in or near a mall and my shop is so specialized that we don't even have a sale that day. I know it will be busy though. Maybe I won't have THAT customer this year. I wouldn't wish that one on anybody. Good luck if you are braving the crowds. No sale price is worth it to me!
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[color=red]"I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision." Maya Angelou
The last few years I have went, we didn't see a whole lot of hostile people...just a lot of people. I remember standing in line to check out for like 45 minutes
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Depends on what's for sale, but no early morning "cattle calls" for me. Did that a couple of times at Wal-mart and decided there was nothing I needed that badly!
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Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost. -- John Quincy Adams
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I'm going to a wedding on Black Friday! oh no I do hope that's not a bad sign!!!
My oldest daughter is getting married at 2:00 on Friday. This will be her second marriage and I'm praying that it will be one that will last her and future hubby a lifetime.
So for all you brave men and women out there who plan to put your lives in jeoparday...Good Luck with the shopping!!!! Have fun!
We go shopping the day after Thanksgiving, more for a Ladies Day Out than for the shopping. It's just fun. We don't do the early morning madhouse stuff either.
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"'Mercy!" Cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?'
'The names of all the stars, and of all living things, and the whole history of Middle-earth and over-heaven and of the sundering seas,' laughed Pippin. 'Of course! What less? But I am not in a hurry tonight."
I'm going to a wedding on Black Friday! oh no I do hope that's not a bad sign!!!
My oldest daughter is getting married at 2:00 on Friday. This will be her second marriage and I'm praying that it will be one that will last her and future hubby a lifetime.
So for all you brave men and women out there who plan to put your lives in jeoparday...Good Luck with the shopping!!!! Have fun!
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congrats to your daugther, I hope see has a wonderful future ahead of her !