Black Thursday?

[limewave]

I normally do Black Friday shopping, but I am pretty conservative as everything I buy HAS to be a present for someone and has to be in our preplanned budget.

This year I am really bothered by stores opening up on Thanksgiving. I made the decision to shop at the local stores instead. They do a "Friday Frenzy" and offer a variety of discounts. All the stores are local and specialty shops. And they open around 8-9 AM. I won't have to wait in line all night! The gifts I buy will all have a local and unique flare.

[spokewench]

I think it is ridiculous to have stores open on Thanksgiving. What, people are so dumb they can't figure out stores are closed and can't plan their lives to not have to go to a store for a few days of the year.

[Blueberry]

When some of my favorite people have had to work Thanksgiving at whole foods, I've brought them pumpkin cranberry muffins on Thanksgiving morning (and then walked out without buying anything so as not to encourage the practice of being open). My own little protest that they're open (and way to be nice to the employees).

[indysteel]

I normally do Black Friday shopping, but I am pretty conservative as everything I buy HAS to be a present for someone and has to be in our preplanned budget.

This year I am really bothered by stores opening up on Thanksgiving. I made the decision to shop at the local stores instead. They do a "Friday Frenzy" and offer a variety of discounts. All the stores are local and specialty shops. And they open around 8-9 AM. I won't have to wait in line all night! The gifts I buy will all have a local and unique flare.

If I had complete control over my Thanksgiving holiday, I wouldn't shop at all. I've made it clear that I'm not going to the mall with my inlaws and the family friends that they spend the holiday with every year. The compromise is that I will go to a handful of local shops--including one that's a gallery for local artisians. I enjoy that, but there's nothing "Black Friday-ish" about these stores and, sadly, they're mostly empty on Friday. But we don't have any shopping to do as we've already purchased the few gifts that we needed to buy.