I've been blogging with three fabulous women for over a year and a half now and have been enjoying all the fun topics we come up with week after week. If you want to see what we've discussed in the past, check out our posts here.
This week, Mom of Many picked the topic: Share your thoughts on Black Friday. Love it or hate it, everyone has an opinion on it!
Before reading ahead, first see what everyone else had to say on this topic:
Froggie
Mom of Many
Moma Rock
I don't like the Friday song by Rebecca Black. It's very monotonous and just goes to show that anyone can get their 15 minutes of fame.
Oh...that's not the Black Friday we're talking about?
BAZINGA!!!
Seriously, I only did Black Friday once. It was the year I first became a mom. I got up at THREE A.M. to go to Woodfield (in the Chicago suburbs) with my sister, a close friend and a couple of other women. It was freezing out that morning. While I got a lot of great deals, it got really crowded after a while. And I could have gotten similar deals at an outlet mall on a normal day. When I got back, I was all stressed and tired and had to go right back to my parenting duties (for a two month-old) and help my husband get ready for Shabbos, as we were hosting family friends.
Needless to say, it was the only time I ever did Black Friday. Nowadays, I think it's ridiculous how early they start it. Midnight?!? I recently saw a petition about Target taking people away from their family time to work Black Friday sales before Black Friday even starts. (I know they're doing this as I saw that my local Target opens at NINE P.M. on Thanksgiving itself.) There's so much consumerism and greed these days. While the sale prices can be nice and all, is it really worth fighting people in the malls while you could be spending quality time with loved ones? Why not just have the early sales online and have the in-store sales start at a reasonable hour?
I can't say I hate Black Friday because we have gotten good deals from it and we plan to purchase something special on sale for our kids. However, we'll be doing that online and not fighting the mall crowds. It's not like I even enjoy going to the mall anyway, given my thing against retail prices.
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I hear you on the hassle of Black Friday. The first time I ever tested the Black Friday waters was just last year; it was OK, but nothing to get overly excited about. I agree about taking advantage of sales from the comfort of your own home- vs. fighting the crowds.
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