randomness

It was US Thanksgiving yesterday. Happy Thanksgiving to all my American friends, even though I'm a day late! But, in my defense, US Thanksgiving is not such a big deal up here. All it means for me, is that I have to work the early shift (I started at 6:00am the last 2 days), and that 60% of my customers are out of the office. And Michael's has some huge sales on. But, there are no Black Friday sales, and no huge lineups anywhere, and no turkey dinner to be found.

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Speaking of Black Friday, there was a poll done on the news the other night... How many people take advantage of 1 day sales? The answer was about 30% of people say they do. Which begs the question... Why? If only 30% of shoppers go to a 1 day sale, why have them? Personally, I prefer to just shop around. I find that highly advertised sales have too many restrictions. So, you go expecting to get a good deal on something, only to realize that the item you truly want isn't even on sale.

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Yesterday, we got about 4 inches of snow! This capped off a week of sub zero temperatures... record breaking cold for this time of year. Today, it's above freezing, raining, and the snow is melting fast. This definitely feels more normal.

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Picture of A's niece and nephew. I think it's a really good picture of the kids. They look so darn cute!