Black Friday and Cyber Monday

According to some reliable sources - Huffington Post, San Francisco Chronicle and iGoDigitial - sales were up over the weekend for most retailers! This is good news seeing as how we are all still in a wee bit of a coma from the recession; a shopping coma that is. I am happy for the retailers of the world who are able to now move past the toxicity that shoppers (depressed shoppers might I add) brought into their establishments. Perhaps now we can look at shopping in a more realistic fashion. It is not something that has  to be done, but something that is fun to do. I for one love getting gifts for my loved ones, but I never let it stress me out, because that takes away the fun of it. And let me tell you, working above Macy's Union Square San Francisco has shown me that many people felt shopping was a daunting task; it was like they walked in looking as though they had to take out the trash... in their underwear... while it was snowing... I mean, it should not be painful! So cheers to the retailers and their successful weekend of consumerism!