Are you running around like crazy doing your Black Friday shopping today?<\/p>\n
I don’t think I’ve ever done Black Friday. I don’t enjoy shopping in crowds.\u00a0 If I can shop at off hours, I do. When I worked at the Wall Street Journal<\/a> — which was in the World Financial Center, across from the World Trade Center and very close to the Century 21<\/a> discount store — I was ecstatic to get a 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. shift. That meant I could go to Century 21 at 9 a.m., when other people had to be in the office, and have the place to myself. I used to lurk in the European Designer section. There was a pair of Galliano pants that I fondled for weeks. I’m not sure I ever tried them on. I had to be practical and save my money for Ann Taylor suits. I used to visit the Ann Taylor store in the World Financial Center practically every day to monitor the sale rack. I was a clothes stalker. The sales associates must have been thinking, “Here’s that girl again, stroking the sleeves of the suits.”<\/p>\n If you’re like me and want to avoid crowds, you can shop the Cyber Monday sale on my website on November 30. (I might start the sale a little early, so you’re going to want to follow me on Twitter <\/a>in order to be tipped off!) The biggest discounts will be on the high-end pieces, and the prices will be amazing. Bookmark this link now.<\/p>\n