I don’t know why but this time of year also reminds me of Thanksgiving and Christmas. When the summer is coming to an end and when the school year is beginning thoughts of snow and cold, Christmas trees, turkey, presents, family, friends and time off from work always come to mind. One other thing that comes to mind as well is Christmas shopping. I don’t understand how anyone could possibly like Christmas shopping. I will never forget one year in particular when I decided to drive my wife to go shopping on black Friday. If you don’t know what black Friday is you are lucky, but let me fill you in, it is the day after Thanksgiving when everyone decides to go shopping. Everyone in the world seems to go out to the shopping malls on that day. Merchants make more money on that day than any other day of the year. So it is good for them but bad for the rest of us who become claustrophobic in crowds.

What I decided from that experience is that I will never, ever do it again. I only went because I had to look at some computer parts and thought I would be able to get the best prices that day. Let me repeat myself never, ever will I do that again! This year I decided to do all of my Christmas shopping on-line. I found a great website that offers black Friday shopping online. It’s called cyber monday and it lists a number of stores, including my favorite Circuit City, so that all your black Friday shopping can be done right at home! The prices and the deals are the same as you would get if you were actually shopping on black Friday. Take a look at the website and see all the great deals that are offered.