weekend catch up, and a question answered

Ok so being the geek that I am, I totally had to google why Black Friday is known as black Friday. Here is what I came up with.
There is more than one explanation. One of them is that since everyone is shopping gleefully, many of the stores go from in the red (debt) to in the black (profit.). Therefore,'black Friday'.
And the other? It stems from Philadelphia, where it was first coined, in 1965. It originally was used by the Philly police department, because the opening of the Christmas shopping season created huge amounts of traffic jams, overcrowded sidewalks and mobbing in the downtown stores. The term started to get real use in the mid seventies, until it has now evolved into the familiar term we are all used to, now. Unfortunately, this past black Friday kind of made it worse. I think it is ridiculous, utterly maddening, and so very very sad that people are dying. I think all stores should CLOSE for black Friday. It is just waaaay too far out of hand. (Sorry Fairytales and Margarita's...).
Anyhow.
So there you have black Friday.
I am now refreshed and recharged from my relaxing weekend. We had a great Thanksgiving, a nice, home cooked meal, with plenty of leftovers, then, Friday we spent the afternoon with some good friends partaking of THEIR leftovers. Saturday, we hung out, and went to see Twilight. I didn't hate the movie, but in my opinion it was very slow. And, the 'smouldering looks' that Edward was supposed to be giving Bella were pathetic. Sorry, had to be said. Mustang Girl agrees with me. We've both read the books, however, so we were bound to be disappointed.
Sunday, we cleaned house, and put up most of our Christmas decorations. We also had one of our friends drop by, so we foisted off some of OUR leftovers on him. (I am liking this exchange of leftovers thing.) I still have enough turkey here to make Turkey Noodle Soup for tomorrow, though.
I should also mention that Cheese went to his new home, and the change is very noticeable here. The energy level is more positive, calmer. Handling two dogs is much easier. The girls are very laid back. They looked for him just a few minutes, after I let them out that first morning. Now if everyone would send their good thoughts towards the Cheese. I think he is in for the more difficult adjustment. I do actually miss the boy, but he was too much....
So there you go. All caught up in my daily saga, AND now you know why Black Friday is Black Friday.