Far From The Madding Crowd . . .

It's Black Friday today - start of the Xmas spending season; the day after Thanksgiving, when the USA goes nuts and turkey-stuffed citizens trample each other in a frenzied hunt for BARGAINS!

Traditionally Ontarians flock to the border like legions of motorised lemmings to join the merry mobs, but this year it's different - Black Friday has migrated North, so our shopping malls are full of slightly more couteous, but still rabid, shoppers.

Brings the phrase Boom And Bust to mind. We are continually reminded by our economic betters of the perils of spending twice what we earn. Do we listen? Not a chance. At every opportunity we dash out and blow the bank on cheap crap before extending the line of credit.

This Xmas doll found a way to avoid the rush, far from the madding crowd over the heads of the herd. Smart doll . . . think I'll join her.