Day 28 -- Do a Little Shopping

Today is the big day. Black Friday. The biggest shopping day of the year. Everyone goes crazy today. I used to be one of the crowd. Up at 5am moving from one store to another or one line to another. But not anymore. I still go out into the crowd but later in the day after all the desperate people are gone and the shoppers are more like me. Searching for something just right. Gifts for people I know and love but know very little about. A lot of people find themselves in this position during the holidays. So many relatives live so far apart in the 21st century nuclear family. Even if you were close to brothers and sisters as kids, as adults you may know nothing about each other. The same goes for parents, cousins, aunts and uncles, grandparent too. So the best you can do is hope for the best and do a lot of shopping online. But please don't wait till the last minute. I'll bet the second busiest shopping day of the year is Christmas eve.