This is a huge day for retailers because it begins the holiday shopping season. You will find amazing bargains in stores all across the country. I heard on the news this morning that people are using apps and the web as tools to get the best deals possible and that online sales will be bigger this year than ever.
To all of those who are braving the crowds and traffic may the odds be ever in your favor.
The Sunday after getting paid is when we head to the grocery store usually. We go after Church just because it’s convenient. Save A Lot is a discount grocery store with a smaller selection at cheaper prices. Saving money is important and lots of folks will do their shopping there and at places like Aldi and Trader Joe’s.
Before going to the store take an inventory of what you have, plan a menu and shop accordingly. There is an app called Out Of Milk that can help organize your shopping trip. You save money and time that way. We will eat well this next couple of weeks.
Happy Black Friday good people. Today is the big day of deals and steals (well don’t steal anything that would get you in trouble). People were lined up at the malls and the big box stores to shop kind of like the “Hunger Games” or something like that. If you are one of those braving the elements and your fellow bargain hunters I salute you. God have mercy. Have a great day. May the odds be ever in your favor!
The definition of convenience is
state of being able to proceed with something with little effort or difficulty.
People like convenience. We like things delivered to us like pizza and stuff from Amazon. Getting out to do something can be a hassle and in our modern lives we want things brought to us. It used to be people would get out and do things in community. The grocery store is one place that everyone has to go to because we gotta eat. We have seen a shift how we are being catered to for maximum convenience. One question can be asked has convenience led to laziness? I can say I like the conveniences brought to us by technology. I don’t have to use actual handwriting much because of the keyboard and for me that is a convenience because I hate hand writing anything.
People are likely to give if it means their donation can be picked up close to home. Companies spend billions on figuring out how to bringing goods and services to individuals but that has cost some folks their jobs because their brick and mortar store has been closed due to competition and changes in the marketplace. So has our desire for convenience been good for us or is it just making us more isolated and dependent on the labor of others? These are some questions we need to answer, just when its convenient for us. Excuse me, I am going to go order something online.
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