I almost forgot what weekend it is and pulled into the Walmart parking lot earlier today. Then I remembered and pulled right on out of it... nothing I was going in to get couldn't wait til at least Monday. I didn't want to get into the mess that would be inside.

I shopped! Kitchen was put on hold for a couple of days...in fact I haven't been on gardenweb for 3 whole days!!! :)

Yes, I had a "normal shopping session" which means I didn't set foot into any store but the grocery store and the small, locally-owned used bookstore on Small Business Saturday. I never participate in Black Friday and try to permanently boycott, as much as possible, retail businesses that open on Thanksgiving itself. I will, however, remain loyal to stores like REI that remained closed on Friday giving their employees two days of holiday pay in order to spend time with their families (or go for a hike in the woods). My kind of people.

We do Thanksgiving on Friday, as the family travels on Thursday. So- I never left the property! I hate shopping in general, so Black Friday would be the worst possible scenario for me. We don't do a whole lot of gift-giving anymore, and I've already done most of mine- online, of course!

I rarely go out shopping for Black Friday but I do shop online for Xmas gifts for the in-laws. We don't give gifts any more in my family. This year I was so focused on the remodel I can't think of gifts. DH will just have to handle his own family for once.

I was hoping to score deals online for the remaining construction stuff but things like garbage disposals aren't sexy enough to get deals. Lumber didn't get marked down at all.

The stores around me were no busier than on any other day, the traffic cops bored, really bored, parking spaces abound...