Who Needs Black Friday?

Last year was the first year I actually got up at 5am and headed out with all of the other crazy people on Black Friday to shop and secure those "only on this day" deals or the "only before 8am" deals. I truly thought I was missing out on something ... boy, was I wrong! What I learned: (1) I don't need to get up that early; (2) people are even more psychotic than I thought; and (3) the stores are full of you know what! I went out early last year, came home and then went out later in the day. THE SAME DEALS WERE THERE LATER IN THE DAY!! This year, I out-smarted the retailers!! I decided I was not going to get up early on Friday and was going to enjoy my martinis on Thanksgiving and not worry about feeling the hair of the dog the next day. I went shopping on Wednesday night when everyone was heading to the bars! The employees at the stores were putting up the various sale tickets and signs at that time since no one was going to be in the stores on Thursday and they needed to get ready for the psychotic shoppers coming on Friday! Since the signs were up, they had to give me the sale price!! I did AWESOME!! And there were no crowds, no psychotic people and plenty of parking!! To quote London Tipton ... Yay me!!!!