Day One Hundred Twenty-Seven

I've vowed never to shop on Black Friday and yesterday was no exception. Considering all the stories of people being trampled, pushed, shoved and ripped off, I am once again secure in my boycott of this ridiculous holiday tradition of hedonistic consumer spending and, what I believe to be a terrible way to begin the holiday season. There is absolutely nothing out there I would want to bring home that would warrant putting myself or my loved ones in harms way. Luckily, my children are grown and I don't have grandkids. But I did venture out today with a friend who I called this morning to see what she was doing and low and behold, she was getting ready to go out and asked if I wanted to tag along. The few shops we went to were rather quiet and we were able to get what little we needed with subdued effort. It was even nice to browse and the stores were so packed with merchandise, it made me wonder if yesterday was a success for the consumer spending index. Afterwards, I came home, unloaded my goodies, and pigged out on turkey again. The weather's been a real teaser today as it was sprinkling snow when we left, the sun came out while we were shopping, it's been a virtual blizzard since I got home, but now I can see some blue sky again. What fickled weather we have here in Nevada.