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I've been staring at December on the calendar and sizing it up. I would like to think that after 14 years of parenting and 42 years of existence, I would get a better handle on all things holiday. So what's your battle plan for the season? Tomorrow's Black Friday, to be followed closely by cyber Monday. What's not to say there wont be a "Take no Prisoners" Tuesday followed by a "Harried Hump Day". If there's a name to be made up, the big retail industry will create a special shopping day for every day of December. It's like the retail world has taken the petit surprises of an advent calendar and hyped it up into a frenzy godzilla-like monster. So what are we to do?
Let me start by saying that the original "Doorbuster" frenzy started with my dog, Miles. Blissfully unaware that Doorbuster day should only happen on the Friday after Thanksgiving, he managed to eat almost all the trim off of most of our doors on a daily basis as a puppy. Slowly we are repairing them all, and it's no great bargain. So is searching for the bargain worth the toll it takes on our sanity? Part of me is willing to give it a try, while the more logical side of me has me putting on the brakes....
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