Before I get to the gist of this post, I wanted to say a big public thanks to blog reader Meg for sending my the color palette to jump-start my creative mojo! That was so sweet of you. I've been meaning to thank you for almost a week and kept forgetting each time I posted on the blog. Your palette is very cool and bright and NOT the kind of palette I would have come up with on my own, but I really love it and hope to play with it soon. You can name the kit for me when I'm done! Thanks again!

Soooo... I may be in the minority here and I may get blasted for even saying this, but to me, Black Friday is a huge nightmare. Evilness. Gives me the willies. I can't fathom someone wanting to get up in the middle of the night to be there when a store opens at 4 a.m. I can't fathom wanting to run around with all of those other shoppers (I have a big problem with crowds in general though... can't stand 'em). I'm all for a good bargain, but the way this has become such an "event" that it has a name kinda skeeves me out more than just a little bit. I know plenty of people who love it and brave the crowds. Ick!

You will find me far, far, far away from stores on Friday, enjoying what I am going to call a very, very colorful Friday (the antithesis of black, ha ha!) with my family, enjoying their company. That, to me, is the way the Friday after Thanksgiving should be spent.

So, am I the only one who thinks Black Friday, with all of its crass commercialism (it's so spend spend spend) and insane crowds, is yucky? Do tell, do tell.

My other pet peeve of late, besides the fact that Christmas/holiday commercials have been on TV for weeks now, is all of the car commercials this time of year. You know, the ones where there is a big bow on the new car sitting in someone's driveway... because it's the gift that's just too big to be parked under the Christmas tree... Well, I don't know about you, but have you EVER known anyone who got a car for Christmas????? Yeah, I didn't think so. 'Nuff said.