Black Friday...A Shopper's Delight or Worst Nightmare



Even though it seems like the holiday shopping season has already started, the official kickoff was today, November 26, 2010, the Friday after Thanksgiving, better known as
“Black Friday”.


This is the traditional day stores launch holiday specials with early morning door buster deals.  For many consumers, this is the day that many get their newspaper ads in the paper on Thanksgiving Day, then head out shopping at select stores or waiting in really long lines in the wee hours of the night or early morning, then rush in when the stores doors open in a foot race for the perfect item or the unbelievable deal or whatever the season's hottest trend or trendiest item happens to be from toys to clothes to electronics, it's all fair game. 

It's an all-night shop-a-thon for some.  Where the phrases, "4 a.m. to 1 p.m.", "5 to 11 a.m.", "while supplies last", "doorbuster", and "early bird special" just to name a few, attract the avid shopppers to the stores at all hours of the night or early morning.  Ah, the power of the dollar. 




 






 Scenes like these above are a common occurence on Black Friday
at these stores and several other popular stores. 

  

                                               I would not wait in a line this long for anything. 

Yes, there are lots of great sales and deals to be had out there to a shopper's delight, but it can quickly turn into a nightmare with so many people out shopping in the same places and often after the same things. 

Did I go shopping on Black Friday?  Yes.  Did I find some good deals?  Yes.  Would I go shopping on this day on a regular basis?  Probably not.