Shopping

Black Friday is a rather new phenomenon is the UK imported from America I believe.  A time for shopping over the Thanksgiving holiday.  I'm sure my American readers can tell me the history and traditions of the event.

It began here in 2013,   This year there has been a lot of hype surrounding it with retailers claiming it would be the biggest trading day of the year.  Stores were purportedly organising staff to get ready as early as 6am. Although some reports claimed people would be fighting one another for bargains other reports stated that as much as 40% of goods bought on this day would be returned in the following days.

Crazy shopping does not appeal to me and I avoided the shops altogether (lucky I had a suitable picture from our traditional sales day - Boxing Day (the day after Xmas), now that's different, that's a tradition!

The Sales

Post Xmas sales - the time for a good bargain.

After Xmas Sales

Ooh this is my favourite time. The real bargins not the pretend ones.

The British Way

This is how the British sales team operates.

I'm off to Paris today to cheer the threegirlsinfivedays as they arrive in Paris. I'll let you know the French way on my return

Boxing Day Sales

I must have been crazy to venture anywhere near the shops yesterday. Queuing began at dawn, elbowing the norm, arms loaded with bags. I need a coffee just thinking about it.
Tradition has boxing day the first day of a three day sale bonanza. Then the rest of January is sales. Economic crisis? Hard to imagine if you were any where near Oxford St.

Stocking Up on Chocolate

Plenty of chocolate in my cupboard now. Fortnum and Masons sale is on.