Black Friday

"Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving in the United States, is historically the busiest retail shopping day of the year. Many consider it the "official" beginning to the Christmas season. Most retailers open very early and usually provide massive discounts on their products, and offer doorbuster deals to draw people to their stores." Wikepedia

I had to work today so I didn't get to experience the frenzy of waiting in line for the bargains but Darrell and I decided to go to the Fairfield Mall tonight to check things out and to buy a new Christmas tree. Darrell loves a store called the Ole Farmstead and the Christmas trees they sell. Every year he'll say he 's going to buy one and then never does until this year...he bit the bullet :)
There wasn't really alot of people at the mall...but we went to Best Buy and that was a different story..tons of people just milling around looking for "toys" We saw some women who had a serious shopping problem. Their SUV was packed to the ceiling with "stuff" and they were trying to cram more in plus themselves..It was funny but at the same time kind of sick.
I'm not really a shopper. I generally know what I want go in and get it and then leave. This day definitely shows how materialistic we are as Americans..spending money we don't have for things we really don't need.