Evening everyone.: who else avoided Black Friday?

[Perky]

[Kali]

1. I always avoid it.

WHY would people wamt to do that?:wtf:

[texanwitch]

2. I stayed home and took my dog for a nice long walk, the day was

beautiful.

[Perky]

17. I did the relatives thing

But now I ghave my house to myself again.

[bicentennial_baby]

3. Meeeeeee!!! I'm broke as a mofo...

I'm cooking food for Xmas...no gifts here.I'm a broke-ass college student :D

[Perky]

14. I do remember those days.

Lots of Hot Dogs and Raamen noodle. but thing do get better

[bicentennial_baby]

16. I'm not quite that bad off, I cook like nobody's business...

Seriously....I eat well. I just have no cash for anything else, hehe. :P

[KitchenWitch]

4. Stayed home all day!

Needed the rest.

[ghostsofgiants]

5. Black Friday is also Buy Nothing Day

[Initech]

24. Or Sleep-In Day

[idgiehkt]

6. to me it was just Friday

I avoid it all year long, I guess, because I am the cheapest bitch you will ever run across. If it can't be found at Goodwill or the library or anywhere else for free I don't want any part of it, lol.

[SOteric]

7. It really wasn't hard. I had to work.

In my next life, I'm going to be independently wealthy. x(

[Shine]

8. Hi Perky!

I just posted a thread about what I did today. :D

I just love your user name, btw. something tells me you'd be a really fun guy to have a beer with. :hi:

I can relate to "perky" energy, myself. :)

[Perky]

11. Hi there shine

Apleasuire to meet you.

[Shine]

13. I take it you work out.

I'm a gym rat, myself, too. See? We're kindred spirits! :)

Nice to meet ya, too. :hi:

[Perky]

15. Me work out... nah never. LOL

[Shine]

18. Yeah, right.. I bet your muscles have muscles, eh?

:D
well, I commend you. It takes a lot of energy, time and commitment to shape your body like that. :yourock:

Everybody should be passionate about SOMEthing in their lives. That's what I say, anyway. :thumbsup:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. Me. I'd rather stick a spork in my eye than go shopping today.

No force on Earth could get me to a mall on Black Friday. Anyhow, it was 60 degrees today, so I took the opportunity to do yard work and put up Christmas lights (which seemed weird because it was so oddly warm).

[hsher]

10. I worked and didn't buy a thing

A woman I met says if you go to seva.org, you can find ways to give the gift of service to people instead of merchandise this season. I think this is a snazzy idea and may post it to GD. It seems to me, my humble opinion, that though we think we are giving presents to those we love during Christmas and Hanukkah time, the ones we're really giving to are corporations.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. My dear Perky!

Definitely stayed home......except for lunch!

We went out for that.....

And I guess everyone was shopping, 'cause the restaurant was nearly empty...

:hi:

[Perky]

21. I ran out to buy some wine and the Grocery was a ghost town

:hi:
I guess everyone feasts on leftover today.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

19. Never went there, never will.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

20. Am I the only one that finds it bizarre that Perky posts this thumbnail on every post?

Like seriously, this is a thread about shopping and he posts "his" pic. It's weird.

[astral]

25. You're just jealous 'cuz you don't look like Perky

haruka3_2000 said: Am I the only one that finds it bizarre that Perky posts this thumbnail on every post?

Edited on Fri Nov-24-06 08:32 PM by haruka3_2000
Like seriously, this is a thread about shopping and he posts "his" pic. It's weird.
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:crazy:
I never shop the day after Thanksgiving. For many a year I had no idea it was the biggest shopping day of the year; as I'm not the biggest shopper. I love to shop, when I feel like it. Meanwhile, I hate crowded stores and try to go when it's not so busy.

Perky, please keep on posting your hot-dude pic! :P :applause:
:loveya:

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

27. Not really, since I'm a hot chick who is into other chicks.

[LostinVA]

32. Haruka is way hotter than the Perky avatar

And, I know there are plenty of women and men on DU woho would agree.

[BrotherBuzz]

22. I stayed home, but...

My twelve year old son got up early to attend a special secret invitation to pick up one of three brand new Sony Wii play games our town received. I guess he singlehandedly jump started the economy. I'm having fun with the newest and most coveted gewgaw in town. ;)

[Nicole]

23. Me

I won't go near a store until Monday, when everyone else is back at school & work.

[NMDemDist2]

26. i never got out of my jammies today. poor DH had to run into town

but not me, I was the slacker Queen today

[tosh]

29. LOL, I thought I was the only one who did that today! /nt

[bikebloke]

28. Avoid them and all the days afterwards

I abandoned the winter consumerism many years ago. But when I was out today, the roads seemed awfully quiet. Almost like you'd see on christmas day. Even when I passed through a shopping area. But then I had to cut my ride short when I realized a brake pad had worn out and needed replacing - pronto! Done. I had spares at home.

[eauclaireliberal]

30. I was working

my usual 2-10pm shift, a job for which doesn't pay my debts to begin with.

[AussieDave]

31. I did - went to see the "Fabulous Palm Springs Follies"

a lot of fun, great costumes and singing. Old showgirls, dancers and performers - the youngest 58, the oldest 83. We should all be so active and talented at their ages.

[clyrc]

33. I had my Thanksgiving Dinner on Friday

I got sick on Thanksgiving eve, but I went to the doctor and got some medicine which fixed me up to cook on Thursday and Friday. We had friends over, and it was so nice, discounting the fact that no one helped me with dishes, or any other sort of cleaning.


The last Thanksgiving I spent in the States, my husband informed me that we would be choosing the buy nothing option on the day after. I believe he stayed home and watched football, but I took my daughters to friends and then did some shopping. One of these days (and we've been married 14 years now) that man will realize that saying "Hey Chris, what do you think about buying nothing the day after Thanksgiving?" instead of "We are not buying anything the day after Thanksgiving." is a much better option.

[Bullwinkle925]

34. I only ventured out to the grocery store. That's it for me today.

[Redstone]

35. We had the family over again, but we wouldn't have shopped if we hadn't.

Redstone

[upi402]

36. I did, unless working out and bowling

is jumping into the feeding frenzy.
Actually, we wont be doing Xmas again this year. So corporate America will just have to tighten its belt a little.

[xchrom]

37. i love shopping too much to do black friday.

that's for amateurs.

like new years eve.

[buddhamama]

38. i did,

i didn't leave the house. :)

[China_cat]

39. I avoid malls and any shops except for grocery stores

from Nov. 15 through Jan. 31. If I need something else, I order it by phone or online.

[annonymous]

40. I only went to the grocery store and Value Village Thrift Store.

I avoid malls at all costs on Black Friday.

[yellowdogintexas]

41. ME ME ME because I just hate it. nt

[BlackVelvet04]

42. I don't think I have every shopped on Friday

after Thanksgiving. It doesn't look like much fun to me.