Black Friday Scares Me

I am just full of realizations this week: if something sounds too good to be true, then it is. This is the rule, not the exception. ARM mortgages? Too good to be true. Work from home and make $10,000 a day? Too good to be true. Black Friday super deals? Also too good to be true. The lure of Black Friday, with the massive marketing and "cut-throat prices" scares me. My mom and I once went out in the dark cold morning on Black Friday, and ended up spending stupid amounts of money (let me clarify, credit card money) on stupid amounts of stuff. We didn't need any of it, but we just bought because we got a $10 gift certificate for being one of the first 100 people through the door. Dumb dumb and dumber. The only way Black Friday can be safe is if you have BUDGETED (there's that dang word again) for the purchase and have a clear goal in mind (buy a 50" LED tv). Don't go in the stores without a shopping list or goal, because you will end up like me and my mom and spend money you don't have and buy things you don't need. Or do like I do and just avoid the madness and chaos of Black Friday altogether. I don't need more stuff anyway.