Black Friday and a conspiracy theory.

Did you venture out? Do you annually? I didn't and don't usually. We made an exception last year. But this year was all about being lazy and enjoying the time to just veg. Given that my voice is still M.I.A., it's probably for the best anyhow. ;) I did, though, manage a wee bit of online shopping and can see how it might be fun to wait till Black Friday to do a bunch of Christmas shopping all at once. Fortunately, I'm mostly done with my Christmas shopping so am more easily able to avoid all the temptation of great deals. ;)

Now. Here's a question for you. It's even *kinda* related to Black Friday and shopping. Have you ever gone shopping...and you *know* you put an item in your cart...and when you get home, you can't find it and it's not on your receipt? This has happened to me twice in the last couple weeks at Target. And I KNOW I put them in my cart. I wasn't paying enough attention during check out, though (will definitely work on that). And when I got home, I discovered that said item was missing and didn't show up on my receipt. 

So. Two things. First, yes, it's definitely better that at least it wasn't on my receipt. Would be much more annoying if I'd actually paid for it and then not had it.

But. Second, do you suppose it's some sort of crazy marketing campaign to surreptitiously remove an item from my cart (either while I'm shopping or at checkout) such that I have to make another trip again later? I mean, really. I know I put that darn Wii nunchuk in my cart on Monday. I remember distinctly doing so and talking to the sales guy as I was doing it. When I went to find it at home, though, it was no where to be found and didn't show up on my receipt. What gives?

I tell ya. I think those retailers are getting crafty and coming up with more ways to make us keep coming back. I can just picture the sales guy thinking to himself, "now, which of these items will she need to come back for? Ah, yes, the nunchuk...I bet her kids really want that." Risky, maybe. But chances are pretty good that I'll end up going back to get the nunchuk. ;)