Well, it’s back to the desk after four days off and I for one am less than thrilled about it. 

THE WOMAN and I not only survived Black Friday, but we thrived on it.  With the exception of a couple of gifts we are done with our shopping chores.  The checkbook is lighter by a couple of mortgage payments, but that’s the spirit of the season right?  I went to all the mouth breather idiot sales as her partner in crime to steal the instant specials from little old ladies and to get in line with an empty cart as her placeholder.  All in all, it went very well.  Of course my shopping was done on Thanksgiving proper by way of Al Gore’s Internet.

The downside of the weekend is the six pounds that I packed on.  I have no idea if it was the beer or the turkey that did the damage, but it’ll be weeks getting rid of it.