Black Friday
Technically speaking, I'm supposed to be working today. But my boss hasn't sent me the password to the database and anyone I could potentially be calling is not there today. This means that all I really had to do was drop off some paperwork by 9:30 AM. There, I heard from a colleague that sweater dresses are 2 for $30 at Macy's (but I don't like to shop for clothes there) and that this is the only time the word "Black" is used in a positive way. Now, my office is in a mall, so I figure I'd see what Black Friday looked like. And it looks christmassy. Fuck that shit - straight from my favorite holiday to my least favorite!
Granted, I did get a nice navy sweater dress with little pockets and the much-desired slinky long t-shirt with extra-long sleeves (in purple). I was wearing jeans, a purple shirt and a navy cardigan, and I ended up buying more blue and purple. Still obsessed with gray and tried on a whole bunch of it, though. Still no sign of the one other item I much desire - a wrap sweater with the front flaps long enough to act like a shawl.
Nearly every store in the other mall I went to had a 40% discount on either everything or mostly everything before noon. Too bad this didn't extend to the Trader Joe's I hit for brunch supplies. Nor do they discount pumpkin and other Thanksgiving items there. However, both malls were much less crowded than I would have assumed, but neither had anything like a Best Buy or somesuch in them.
And just to make my day even more interesting, turns out Stonestown is full of Jews for Jesus that are not above accosting you when you carry heavy bags or try to drive off. I guess they don't take kindly to my conviction that Jesus has singlehandedly caused more death and destruction than any other human. Oh well, their loss.
Granted, I did get a nice navy sweater dress with little pockets and the much-desired slinky long t-shirt with extra-long sleeves (in purple). I was wearing jeans, a purple shirt and a navy cardigan, and I ended up buying more blue and purple. Still obsessed with gray and tried on a whole bunch of it, though. Still no sign of the one other item I much desire - a wrap sweater with the front flaps long enough to act like a shawl.
Nearly every store in the other mall I went to had a 40% discount on either everything or mostly everything before noon. Too bad this didn't extend to the Trader Joe's I hit for brunch supplies. Nor do they discount pumpkin and other Thanksgiving items there. However, both malls were much less crowded than I would have assumed, but neither had anything like a Best Buy or somesuch in them.
And just to make my day even more interesting, turns out Stonestown is full of Jews for Jesus that are not above accosting you when you carry heavy bags or try to drive off. I guess they don't take kindly to my conviction that Jesus has singlehandedly caused more death and destruction than any other human. Oh well, their loss.