Yes, my friends, I was one of those crazed shoppers you viewed with horror on the Friday night evening newscast.  My daughters and I set the alarm for 2 a.m. and were pulling into the Silverdale Kitsap Mall parking lot at 3:45 a.m., lattés in hand and our credit cards humming a Christmas ditty in our purses.  As it was, we were fortunate to find a parking spot. 

For weeks I’ve been hearing the dreary news--the sad state of our economy, the dire predictions, the  gloom and doom .  I guess someone should have informed our economists that when the word SALE is involved, women shop.  I’m heading out again next weekend.  Anyone care to join me?