It's Christmastime at Silverberry

A new color scheme and a few new header graphics mark the beginning of the season here at the good ol' blog. For many of us, Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving) heralded the beginning of the 2003 Christmas Season. We were are my parents over Thanksgiving, and therefore went to all the sales in my hometown instead of Nashville. I think we probably fared better going shopping in a smaller town -- not as many people as there would have been here in Nashville. In honor of that great day, I composed a semi-original poem :sarcastic:

Twas the Night Before Black Friday, when all through the house
Not a creature was sleeping, not even my ipaq;
The turkey was eaten, the pumpkin pie was all gone;
My husband and I were nestled snug in our beds,
With sale papers from stores lay spread on our laps.
And me in my glasses and Steve with his highlighter,
We'd just settled in for a long planning session,
When out in the hallway there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter!
Away to the door I flew like a flash,
and there was my mother with a Sale Paper Stash!
What to my wondering eyes should appear,
but a sale paper from Walmart with a christmas tree deal!
I knew in a moment it would be a great day,
my husband quickly exclaimed,
'Now Best Buy! Now Staples! Now Wal-Mart and Target!
Now Sears! Now Circuit City! Now KMart and OfficeMax!
To the front of the line, with our rebates in hand
We'll dash away, dash away, with great deals in our grasp!
A bundle of sales were there for the taking,
The CF card how it twinkled! The SDRAM was so merry!
The tree was so sparkly and the CDRs were so shiny!
With a wink of my eye and a twist of my head,
I spoke many words and went straight to my work,
and planned out our shopping like a good little girl.
We awoke the next morning, so happy to whistle,
and away we flew like the down of a thistle.
To Walmart, to Staples, to Officemax and More!
Shopping and Deals and More in our Sight!
Happy Black Friday to all, and to all a good night !!