Black Friday Prep
My kids (high school and college) have brought up going out for some early Black Friday shopping, as we have done many times in the past, but I’m increasingly asking them and myself, “Why?” Black Friday specials start days, if not weeks, before Friday. Stores aren’t open as early. The mall is less crazy than it used to be. I don’t even care about shopping for anything, but I always enjoyed the craziness of it, and it just isn’t anymore. I wish that, even if there weren’t going to be insane deals that day, the mall and stores would bring in a band, maybe some food trucks or pop-up bars, and find ways to make it an event that people wanted to show up for.