Asked and Answered: Black Friday
Helen Boyd of en|Gender asked: Did any of you go shopping yesterday?
We didn't go out shopping yesterday... crowds suck, and prices will just drop as the holiday gets closer anyway. My parents did take advantage of Black Friday to go buy a new dishwasher on sale -- I guess that counts.
I actually did do some shopping online yesterday, but again, it was mostly stuff I need/was planning on getting anyway that I just put off till yesterday for some discounts. (Specifically? Curtain rods, sheets, and some wall frames.) I suspect there's going to be a lot of that this shopping season -- still an uptick in spending, but more practical than frivolous.
The only conspicuous consumerism I took part in yesterday was some music shopping on the Amazon MP3 store. They're running a somewhat irresistible promotion -- 50 albums for $5 each -- so I picked up a couple albums I otherwise would've passed over (Coldplay, R.E.M., and the Avett Brothers). In the process, I inadvertently introduced my mom to the Amazon music store, where she promptly indulged her Christmas music addiction.
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