Shopping In Style

I just saw an ad for the day after Thanksgiving sale at Kohl's. They said the store is going to open at 4:00 am! Is that insane or what?!? When I was younger I used to look forward to the Day After Thanksgiving (DAT) sales. I would wake up at the crack of dawn and brave the crowd. I would get to the department stores early enough to get the special savings ticket or whatever little gimmick that lured me there. For the last 5-10 years, I've spent the DAT at home. I just don't have the patience to do it anymore... that is until I heard this.

I was talking to a friend of mine about DAT sales. She said last year when she was shopping she ran into four women who were wearing sweatsuits and hot pink boas and having a great time. She asked them what the boas were for. They apparently have a DAT tradition where they rent a limousine to drive them to all the stores so they don't have to deal with parking. They stock the limo with mimosas (champagne and orange juice) and snacks to get them through the day. They make shopping into a party and they have a great time because they make it unique!
I don't have my limo rented for this year, but I'm seriously considering adding this tradition to my list. And, if I ever decide to wake up early enough to make it to a 4:00 am sale, I might just bring my pillow so I can get a little shut eye in the limo between stores.

Do you have any Day After Thanksgiving traditions that you celebrate? Shopping, baking, decorating? Please share them here.

Two Blogs to Share

I recently discovered two cool blogs that really make you think. The first I found a few months ago. It's called "Post Secret" (http://postsecret.blogspot.com) and it's a compilation of secrets mailed in by people all around the world. In addition to revealing very interesting information about people, the secrets are miniature works of art. The site is absolutely fascinating on so many levels. If you haven't checked it out, I encourage you to do so.

The second blog is called "To Do List" (http://www.todolistblog.com) and it's pretty similar to the Post Secret blog. It's a compilation of to-do lists from around the world. I guess I never realized how interesting a to-do list can be. The site (and the lists) really reveal a lot about the people that wrote them. You have to check it out!

That's all for me today. I'm off to update my to-do list.