Black Friday: Bad Economy, Who Cares!

Black Friday marks the official opening day of a shoppers eutopia. The constant internet searches, secret inquisitions by shoppers to retail workers and trying to catch the latest buzz on who has the best deals are all hallmarks of the great day. In truth, for all the complaints of job loss, marked double digit unemployment rates and barrage of those seeking financial help, Black Friday tells me one thing. Everyone isn't broken or at least not yet ! One way or another folks tend to scrape together that $39 for that can-live-without DVD player offered by Kmart which by the way, they only have ten of in stock. Although I believe we need to be aware of mindless spending that tends to become minful after New Year's Day, it nice to see people still excited about the holidays in spite of all the looming gloom and doom of the economy.