Now that Halloween is over and you have enough candy to last you until next October, it is time to get excited for Thanksgiving! What’s not to be of the only holidays where you have to be rolled out of the dining room, and where you have to travel many miles to see your once-a-year relatives, before realizing that once a year is still way too often.

Although Thanksgiving is what most people look forward to in the month of November, there is always that one little gift that it brings us that men tend to forget more frequently than women. No, I’m not talking about the extra five pounds that you will most likely gain, I am talking about Black Friday, the night where all shop-o-holics and extreme couponers come out of hibernation, ready to take on all the sale items that the burned-out shop employees spent hours organizing and preparing only for it to be obliterated by the impassioned customers determined to get that last pair of Doc Martens.

There are various kinds of people you see on Black Friday. There is one that I like to call “The Impulsive Spender.” This is the person who buys anything and everything in sight. Once they set foot in a store it’s as if they black out and wake up in the parking lot with an unreasonable amount of bags and maybe a couple hundred dollars added to their credit card debt. These are the types of people who don’t have that friend or family member or even that little voice inside their head that asks them if they really need those pair of shoes, or if they really can’t live without that pair of sunglasses. These impulsive spenders are the ones who are paranoid that they aren’t taking full advantage of the impeccable sales that only happen once a year.

Another type of person you see on Black Friday is called,”The Couch Potato.” These are the people you see sleeping, on their phones, or holding bags for another person that is in another store. These are the also the people who clearly do not want to be out at the early hours of the morning and were forced out of their food comas to accompany their friend or relative while they shopped. You always see them either hogging one bench all to themselves or you see them all huddled together trying to fit more people on to the bench. All they want to do is sleep off their filled bellies but, unfortunately, lost the bet and had to tag along with the relative/friend.

Lastly, you have “The Rookie.” This is the person who has heard the awesome stories about going to Black Friday for all the sales and the rush of staying up all night to get those great deals. The unfortunate kid has no idea what he/she is in for. This is the person you see that has the look of pure fear as they are about to witness their very first Black Friday sparring match between two elderly ladies who claimed that they both saw the cat sweater first.

There are many, many, many more types of people you will see on November 26th. However, this is just to give you a little preview of what it’s like in the chaos that is known as Black Friday. If you dare to partake in this potentially deadly event, all I have to say is good luck. But, if that is not your forté then there is always Cyber Monday!