Did you go shopping this morning?

[Maggie_May]

Well I can say I did not. Are the stores as crazy as they are saying.

[Catch22Dem]

1. My wife did

Some lines, nothing major.

[Sugar Smack]

2. No freaking way. And I hope when I get to my job at 3:00,

everyone'll be "shopped out". Know what I mean, Vern?

[soothsayer]

3. I bought 3 turkeys for 45 cents a pound. A couple years ago I found some

at 10 cents a pound! Man, that was something.

[peacebird]

4. nope.

[NMDemDist2]

5. not on a bet

never have and I expect I never will.....

[sarcasmo]

6. No shopping, but I did go to the grocery store for some potatoes.

It was nice, no one was at the grocery store.

[Dulcinea]

7. Does grocery shopping count?

Smooth sailing at my local Kroger.

[blogslut]

8. I'll be going to teh gorcery store later

But no, I did not shop today. I worked in a mall for five years. I wouldn't shop on black friday if you paid me.

[lordsummerisle]

9. No, I'm observing

Buy Nothing Day

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/11/dont_forget_abo.php

[proud2BlibKansan]

10. No

[Webster Green]

11. I'll be hitting the Safway for white bread and mayo..

That's about it.

[soothsayer]

17. no no no, you need rye for that turkey sammitch! and mix yer mayo with

chipotle peppers and adobo sauce (buy the can of peppers in adobo sauce). Yum-yum!

[hlthe2b]

27. ummm, I"m with soothsayer. YUMMM

[Webster Green]

32. I've never even heard of adobo sauce.

I'll give it a try though. Thanks for the tip!

[TheCentepedeShoes]

12. Went to the vet

to get heartworm meds for the doggie. To the grocery to pick up a few things for next week plus chili and cornbread fixins' for tomorrow. To Blockbuster for a couple of flicks. Got the Xmas stuff out of the garage (after asking hubby to do it while I was gone. He started watching football and, uh, forgot). Put the scraper and shovel in the car trunk in case I need them sometimes this winter :eyes:
I'm done for the weekend. :hi:

Edit: sloppy typing

[Beaverhausen]

13. I looked through my catalogues - no way I'm going to a store

I have great catalogues this year to shop with...and I do tons of online shopping so I don't need to hit the stores at all.

[maddiejoan]

14. Just my weekly Grocery shopping.

usually do this on Saturday --but the grocery store was soooo empty. Couldn't resist.

[liberal N proud]

15. My plan was to sleep in, BUT...

Years past I have been designated to go and stand in line at 3:30 in the AM to get one hot item. When I have done that, I have always been out of the store 15 minutes after they open the doors. I refused to do that this year because the store I usually do that at wasn't going to have security out front for when the doors open. I have seen too many fights because some asshole thinks that once the door opens he can push his way through the crowd to get his grubby hands on a TV.

My wife pulled all the adds from paper Thursday and said we are going here and here and here.
At 11:00PM last night I said if you are going to get up and do this we had better get some sleep.
She set the alarm for 4:30 AM then expected to walk right into the stores and not have to stand in the cold.
We got there at 5:00AM
Surprise, Now you get to stand inside. Toys-R-Us (opened @ 5:00) was wrapped all the way around the inside the outer walls from entrance all the way around to the registers. We put down the one thing we went for and left.
Kohl's (opened @ 4:00) was wrapped both directions from front door around and back again to the registers.
Old Navy (opened @ 5:00)- forget it, I am not sure what they had that was so special.
I thought I would pick up an external hard drive at Staples for $50 since we were out. I decided that my time was more valuable than that.
We went to Wal-Mart about 6:30 and their lines were all cleared up. Picked up a few things had them match an add from Toy-R-Us on an item to save us the hassle of standing in line at Toy-R-Us and walked right up to a register. As bad as everyone complains about Wal-Mart they know how to move the people through quicker than any of the stores.

[blm]

16. Stayed in bed w/handsome man who had the morning off. ;)

Our little blm is at Nana's house.

;)))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

[gollygee]

18. I've been nursing a headache

Ugh. No shopping except for a gallon of milk.

[hlthe2b]

28. Me too... Damned cold fronts always bring on a sinus headache...

and often a migraine... Damn...

[suffragette]

19. No, I like to sleep in on holidays

I did go to a local news site and noticed a pic on the front page of shoppers which I think speaks volumes about the odd way we approach this. Here it is a holiday, a time to enjoy and not one person in this picture is smiling - not one.


It brought up a memory of mine which is in strong contrast to this scene. I lived in Germany a long time ago and during the season, they would have Christkindlmarkt, or a Christmas market, in the center of town. I think each town had a local one. These would have many small booths selling decorations, gifts and traditional holiday goodies. It was the 1st time I'd ever had roasted chestnuts. Going there was a fun occasion and there were many unique handmade items for sale. Although clearly a consumer event, it felt more fun and social than frenzied and stressful. Such a contrast.

[Frustratedlady]

20. Like this?

Looks like fun. I'd love to be in Germany at this time of year.

http://www.rubylane.com/shops/shererheaven/item/01-1286

[suffragette]

33. Much like that

I found a link for the one there:
http://www.karlsruhe.de/fb5/maerkte/christkindlesmarkt

Here's a pic. There are more at the site. Mmm, I want some lebkuchen now.

[earth mom]

25. Sounds like a slice of heaven because I love outdoor markets!

Now...If I could just get hubby to agree to move to Europe! O8)

[suffragette]

34. I love them, too.

And fortunate enough to have Pike Place market here, so I may go there this weekend.
But now I am craving some wintry goodies from Deutschland. A glass of mulled wine would hit the spot.

[LSK]

21. No

I never took part in this madness.

[book_worm]

22. No! but I see JC Penny opened as early as four a.m.!! and some people spent the night out there.

[Paulie]

23. Went to Menards to buy a couple furnace filters

Been cold, so the furnaces are running longer. This was around 7am, and it was packed, but every register was open so I was no more than 2nd in line. Wish it was like that all the time, the fast checkout that is. :)

[debbierlus]

24. I went to Goodwill - 30% off sale - Coats 50%

Yeah.

[undeterred]

26. Coffee and a donut

Thats all. :donut:

[lpbk2713]

29. For myself.

Yesterday's paper had an ad in the Office Depot circular for a good price on a Hard Drive and some RAM. As expected, the shelf was empty when I arrived at around 11AM. The sale price was only good for today and tomorrow.

[kestrel91316]

30. Nah. I'm at work. But it's gonna be a really slow day, and tomorrow, too.

I have never been in the habit of closing up for the four-day Thanksgiving weekend but I may do it in the future. It's just that some of my clients have a real hard time getting their kitties in here for medical procedures (we don't do procedures on Saturday - short day), like school teachers and such.

[femmocrat]

31. NO! I'm not even leaving the house until Monday.

The roads were bad here and there were lots of accidents. Terrible way to spend a holiday, IMO.

[City Lights]

35. I slept in today.

Well, at least until 8ish.

On edit - We've been organizing and straightening the house. No shopping for us. :-)

[AndyTiedye]

36. Nope. Chillin'

Got plenty of leftover turkey and all, no need to buy more groceries.
No desire to deal with the malls on Black Friday.