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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