MARIA’S SLATE

Ladies, its that time of the year again, no we’re not talking about “Turkey Day” as many are probably thinking, we’re talking the start of the holiday shopping frenzy. Once most Americans have gotten over their Thanksgiving meal food coma, their next thought is Black Friday and what stores they must attack first thing the next morning. Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, is known as the busiest shopping day of the year in the United States.

Are you one of the many Black Friday shoppers that stands in line for hours in the freezing cold so that you can be the first to barge into your local Walmart at 5am and get trampled on in an attempt to grab the $20.00 DVD player? Don’t be embarrassed you are not alone and clearly it’s not your fault you have this obsession. Retailers have contributed in growing this illusion of finding the best deals of the year on a day that they say is really not the best sale day of the year. They actually find most shoppers comedic to watch as they run to buy these so called “doorbuster” deals since these sale items will be available again for even less the price as we get closer to Christmas. I must confess that I too was one of these crazed shoppers and have stood outside Macy’s at 5am with my equally shopping obsessed mother in years past. However, after some research and an exclusive insider look into the industry, I don’t even go to a single store on this dreaded retail holiday. If anything, I take advantage of the online deals that sweetly come without having to deal with the masses or the psycho tourists that are taking advantage of the US dollar’s value.

The day after Halloween marks the start of the appearance or the leak of Black Friday sale ads. Several websites have been created that are dedicated to giving you the most up to date doorbuster deals and even send you email alerts as to when the item you are looking for will go on sale. Here are two of the most popular Black Friday websites, which will certainly save you a lot of time by pre-selecting the stores you want to attack and also seeing if they offer the same deal on another day so that you can avoid shopping on Black Friday all together.

www.black-friday.net

www.blackfriday.fm

Even though times are tough at the moment, there is no stopping women from Christmas shopping. So I must wish you good luck shopping however don’t forget there’s always Cyber Monday!

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