Thieves and Black Friday

I was just reading an article online about how a lady's turkey was stolen off her porch on Thanksgiving. I do feel bad for her, since she's disabled (whatever that means... it seems lately you can be disabled if you have a hangnail). Her mother, however, said that it's just awful to steal from people who don't have much.

I have only one problem with what the mother said. "From people who don't have much." How about saying, it's just awful to steal... end of sentence?? Where are the morals??

Lately, there has been some awful stuff in our neighborhood. Someone broke every sprinkler in our yard. The maintenance staff finally put up a road numbers sign, only to have someone steal the clamps (which were there until the glue cured) and let the sign fall. Across the street, someone keeps overturning a stone garbage can. And even last year, someone stole Halloween decorations right off my house (I'm not letting that one go).

Where's the decency? I'm pretty sick of being subjected to crime when I haven't done anything to invite it. And maybe it's not directed at me (like with the stone garbage can), but this is MY neighborhood, too. And I'm getting ready to install some security cameras around here.

In other news, I'm a little hooked on Black Friday. You just can't beat the deals. But I know what you can beat- the crowds. Church is big around here, so I went to the outlets this morning, just to use up a coupon at Carter's that would have expired tomorrow. The store was 50% off everything, and with the coupon, I bought $142 worth of clothes for LB for only $56. Daaaaaaaaamn!

Yesterday, it was rainy, so Hubby and I abandoned our plan to watch the Triple Crown, and instead went to the mall. It's a nice mall without a roof, and there are big plants growing right in the middle. Pretty cool. We stopped at Williams Sonoma (LOVE that store), and ended up getting two pans to replace our old ones. They were $215, but marked down to $60! Couldn't resist. :)

I don't think I'll ever go out at 4am on Black Friday. It's just too much. The outlets here were open at midnight (holy crap)! But, the deals are worth it, so I'll just do what I did this year and go Saturday afternoon or Sunday morning.... now I just hope that everyone doesn't have the same thought next year. :)