BLACK FRIDAY

Why would anyone want to get up at 3 am to go to a big box store and spend money? The answer, the spirit of giving or the excitment of the hunt. Whatever it is I am probably one of the few people who is out on Black Friday just to see the behavior of the people who are out there trying to get something for as little as possible.
It amazing to see otherwise calm and sedate Minnesotans and Wisconsinites trun into stark raving maniacs, snacthing and grabbing anything that comes their way. It was'nt just upper midwesterners either, I also encountered shoppers from New York, California and England. You see, Minnesota has no sales tax on clothing so it is for lack of a better term, a shoppers paridise. They also behaved with the same frivolous excitement . A family friend is one of these bargain hunters . She without fail manages to go out every Black Friday and comes home with scores of what she thinks are bargains. Another friend and co-worker, went to the Albertville, Mn. outlets at midnight to start black friday from the beginning. What neither of these people realize is that the real bargains come right before and right after Christmas , if you can wait that long. Also, if you charged it , the purchase was no bargain.