Current Mood : Lazy
Well, I like for stuff I don't want to still be happy, but it just wasn't in the cards for Mr. Golfing Bear. DC attacked him and bore him off from the lab, as a part-time companion, part-time punching bag. Poor Mr. G. Bear...
Not much to report on today - spent three hours getting the kitchen cleaned up and dishes washed. I'm not finished, so that should tell you how bad it got when everyone was sick. I'm wiped out, and haven't done much else today. At one point, I got so overwhelmed by some food gone south that I had to lie down. And I fell asleep for an hour !
Beloved Hubby and I are talking about getting Dearest Son a major gift this Christmas - his own computer ! Seriously, have you seen the prices on them lately ? While eMachines don't have the best reputation, it astounds me that you can get one with a monitor, keyboard, and speakers for less than $400. ! I saw a small laptop last week at Mal-Wart for $350. ! So it's up for consideration, but nothing's decided yet. We'll have to see how things go after rent's paid.
I've been seeing promos for bfads.net, but I'm not interested. ‘Black Friday' is the day after US Thanksgiving, the ‘official' start of the Christmas buying frenzy. Supposedly it's named such because that's the day many retailers begin operating ‘in the black', at a profit (as opposed to ‘in the red'- in debt). Honestly, I kinda feel bad for any company that doesn't start earning money until late November...
Anyway, the ads for the big ‘doorbuster' loss-leader sales normally come out in the late Thursday (Thanksgiving) edition of the newspaper. It's now a ‘fun' sort of espionage to somehow secure some of these ads from major retailers ahead of time, and post them online, so shoppers can plan their ‘attack' earlier. Since some specials are really extraordinary, and extremely limited, lines begin to form at those stores as soon as the cranberry sauce begins to melt. For the last several years, pushing and shoving riots have led to injuries when 200+ people try to get the twelve $100. laptops their local Mal-Warts have.
After numerous years of insane parking, negligent driving, and huge, loud, thick crowds and hours-long lines to check out even if you manage to get the coveted item, it seemed to only get worse the next year. I stopped going. If I wasn't willing to stand outside in the cold and dark for the special all afternoon Thursday and all night until Friday, I wasn't gonna get it, so showing up at 7am wasn't worth the hassle. Besides, there was darn little I even wanted in most of the ads. I'd much rather get up early on Dec. 26 ! Sometimes dolls go on sale the day after ! 
