Went to the grocery store today only to discover that even though tomorrow is the first of September, and even though kids are back in school, and have been for a week or more in some places, that the first wave of Halloween candy is already stocked and ready for purchase.
There’s just so much wrong about that I don’t even know where to start.
(a) welcome back from vacation.
(b) any bets on when Christmas schlock will be in stores? (I think Costco had a giant inflatable somethingorother on or around Halloween.)
Well, I must admit I’m shopping for xmas cards already – and that’s in part triggered by the catalogs I’ve received in the past week.
The really sad part is it has probably been sitting in the backroom of the store for two weeks before it was put out waiting for the back to school stuff to be moved.
Christmas…hmm..I’d say about the first week of October for most retailers. Although Hobby Lobby already has a bunch on the shelves.