I have been watching the advertisements on television and I have decided that many of the people who are getting out of bed this morning are stupid.      Why would you want to go to a shopping store at 4 o'clock in the morning?   Even Bob is still asleep at 4am, and I can assure you The Princess won't be getting herself up much before eleven.    We had a big feast at our house yesterday, and many of us are suffering from food coma brought on by too much turkey and way too much sugar.   

I was able to control myself, as always, but I personally saw Bob consume two bones stuffed with peanut butter and one huge piece of white meat.     And I know my Gram slipped him a bite of Pecan Pie around 10pm.

So why would anyone want to go into stores to go shopping for items when you can just wake your mouse up at a decent hour and let him take you out into cyberspace?    Is it some strange desire on the part of the two legs to physically snatch items away from some other person who was looking for them?     Is it just an excuse to go to Starbucks at the crack of dawn and then continue to return every two or three hours for more caffeine?  My Gram says the stores are all decorated up very nicely and everything is pretty.    But I didn't see Gram piling herself into her car and heading out to shop.  She got up at seven a.m. and went to feed one of our dog clients some breakfast, but then went back to bed.      This doesn't sound to me like a woman who wants to fight the crowds just to see some sparkle lights.

So can you please explain this behaviour of shopping on Black Friday to me, because I really want to know about it?  And why is it called Black Friday anyway?   Gram says if you wear black than you won't have to change for your funeral after you kill yourself carrying packages to the car, but I don't think that is the reason.

I'm planning to lay on the couch all day today and eat leftovers, so after you are all done with your shopping trip, please let me know why you did it.

Love,
The Princess