From the Baton Rouge Advocate:
They were packed onto escalators and in food courts. Others had endured pre-dawn hours standing in line.
Whitney Cooper, 29, was slumped on the floor at the Mall of Louisiana eating lunch with her 6-year-old son, Rayne.
“I was not expecting to be sitting on the floor eating Chick-fil-A,” Cooper said. All of the seats in the nearby food court were taken. So this mother and son joined dozens of other shoppers at this pinnacle of Baton Rouge shopping venues and had lunch, exchanged shopping stories and just generally people-watched from knee-height.
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On the other side of town, Toys R Us bore all the signs of a serious play date, the aisles littered with toys and the occasional screaming child.
“I was surprised at how cleared out the shelves are,” said Larry Bezet, who was standing in the checkout line with his 4-year-old son, Nicolas. Their shopping cart was loaded with an Imaginarium track system for toy cars and a Crayola digital camera for kids.
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Across the street a banner in front of The Compact Disk Store advertised 30 percent off.
“I call it the Black Friday super surreal sale,” said Chris Lott, 26, a self-described “music specialist.”
Lott’s “surreal” description was not too far off the mark. Because unfortunately, these discounts had nothing to do with the day after Thanksgiving or even with Christmas. After 26 years, this venerable Baton Rouge music lovers’ institution will soon close its doors. A casualty of iTunes and Amazon, Lott lamented.
The title of my post is not entirely accurate, because I visited a local jewelry store which is going out of business. My one shopping stop was stress-free, except for my wallet and my grandson who was with me and didn't want to be there at all. I found a white gold necklace and earrings (not matching) for incredible prices, so I bought them as Christmas presents from me to me. The reason for the low prices is because a good many folks don't much care for white gold, since it may be mistaken for the lesser sterling, and others will not know that you wear GOLD. However, I like white gold, and I benefited because of its lack of popularity.
