Just My Imagination

It's Black Friday in the U.S. today, the first day of big holiday sales. I got up early and went shopping. I bought an external hard drive I'd been waiting on for a while and some clothes. It's the first time I'd been shopping specifically for this event, and I was a bit underwhelmed. Best Buy had a few deals on specific electronics and movies, but most items were just their regular prices...yet the store was very busy at 8 in the morning. Old Navy had some one-day deals but if you looked closely they weren't too different from its regular sale prices. I spent a couple hours looking around and then went off to a hockey game (go Ducks!)

Then I got home and found this on the news.

I want to return everything I bought. This makes me ashamed and sick. I'm grateful for handmade holidays growing up and I'm planning on one this year.

I was kind of excited for the economic crisis to lead to less
consumerism this holiday season, but it seems like people are running
scared and desperate.

Does this kind of stuff happen every year? It's the first time I've
paid attention to Black Friday. I went shopping today and now I feel
ashamed.