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November 26, 2007
Black Friday
by Jack Lee
Did you brave the crowds to get the bargains on Friday? Many people did! The Chico Mall parking lot was filled to capacity by 6 a.m.. The stores were busy but not packed suggesting we don't have a lot of carpoolers out there even with gasoline over $3.25 a gallon. Wait till their husbands get the new gasoline bill, ....then they get the Visa bill, ha! But, I digress.
So, I took the big challenge and accompanied one of my girls who went shopping for a holiday outfit. It was now around noon time and some of the frenzy had tapered off and the We found a parking space within 300 yards of the entrance to Gottschalks, our intended destination. She said this was due to the power of positive thinking that she learned from reading, "The Secret". I don't think so.
I bought her a dressy red top and black slacks. The bill was 50% off the tag and there was no waiting at the checkout. Life was good. I decided to quit while we were ahead.
My daughter didn't fair quite so well.
Soon after the first purchase she began showing signs of a "shopping attack" coming on, her eyes were glazing over and she was rubbing her credit card intensely chanting something about "rewards card...cash back". While she was in this pre-shopping trance I spun her around like a top and duck taped her from head to toe. With the help of a shopping cart I wisked her away to the car just as she went into shopping madness! "Lemme go, I gotta shop! I must spend...bargains, bargains!" I knew this would happen thus I was "prepositioned" with the versatile duck tape.
Once away from the sale signs she quickly returned to normal.
Posted by Post Scripts at November 26, 2007 07:49 AM