{"id":398,"date":"2012-11-23T01:36:43","date_gmt":"2012-11-23T01:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/?p=398"},"modified":"2012-10-31T02:16:30","modified_gmt":"2012-10-31T02:16:30","slug":"black-friday-blog-hop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmccullough.com\/kblog\/black-friday-blog-hop\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Friday Blog Hop"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My daughters and I did it one year\u2014got up well before the crack of dawn, gulped some quick cups of coffee so we could see straight, got in the car, and headed out to a local shopping center, still in the dark.<\/p>\n

We had a list of stops and items we wanted to get, culled from the flyers in the paper the previous day. There were some great deals on the list and we were on a mission.<\/p>\n

It fizzled quickly.<\/p>\n

The stores opened at the crack of dawn, but we weren\u2019t the first ones there. And in the case of many of the good deals available, quantities were limited. They were gone by the time we got there.<\/p>\n

And then there were the \u201cdeals\u201d that didn\u2019t stand up to closer examination. Items that looked like a great buy until you realized they were flimsy, poorly made, or an off-brand so off you couldn\u2019t find it on any map.<\/p>\n

We managed to get a few of the items on our list, but they weren\u2019t the top ones. In fact they were the most marginal ones, the ones that could\u2019ve waited for the next trip to the bargain mart, but were worth picking up while we were there.<\/p>\n

We went home, dumped our stuff and headed for bed for naps. And later, when we could think rationally, we swore never again.<\/p>\n

A promise to myself I\u2019ve kept ever since.<\/p>\n

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