"save money. live better"

for the record...

there are certain things

that almost ruin Christmas instantly!

the after thanksgiving earlybird shopping is one.

a few years ago I decided to try it out

...get a few cheap boardgames

a woman with a cartfull of Chutes&Ladders

was running to the register

fighting off people grabbing them out of her cart.

she was screaming.

I was so upset at "the mob mentality"...I left.

and I will absolutely never go again.

people can be so mean. crazed. thoughtless.

and the fact that a walmart worker died

actually died! during that rush this year

...makes me crazy mad.

let me rant for a moment longer

about the whole "walmart mentality"

more more more for less less less

filling our homes with imitations of the real things.

we spoil our kids...encouraging "the entitled mentality"

we spend most of the year decluttering

or sucking up little pieces in the vacuum.

I am beside myself this year.

We are a wasteful people.

And then comes "the limited mentality" from 5am-11pm

one day when those deals that rule us have a time limit

only so much to go around.

survival of the fittest.

the whole damn thing pisses me off.

to the the 34 year old man

unlocking the door to thousands that had

gathered starting from 9pm the night before.

to the man that had worked the whole night

getting your damn store ready...

I am so sorry for the greedy and entitled.

I am so sorry nobody could stop.

they did not see you.

I am so sorry the prices where that important.

I'm sorry that

you were priceless.

and still nameless.