Black Friday Boycott

A popular topic this year has been boycotting the famous Black Friday, if you're unaware of what this is it is when the best deals of the year are available at the unreasonable hour of 4am on the day after Thanksgiving. People trample over each other and its a mad house everywhere you turn. I have had to work during one Black Friday and its not fun at all for the employees that have to work it. It is an all day event and takes away from time you could be spending with your family. I have seen a few places announce that they will not be participating in this years Black Friday, I think it is great that some companies are letting their employees be off and get to spend time with their families.I try not to go to any Black Friday events mostly just because I enjoy my sleep and time with family.  

Hotel Room Pricing

I used to work at a Hampton Inn in Guntersville AL, I was actually a front desk Manager so I know alot of in and outs of the hotel business. During the summer you can expect rooms at this hotel to be up to $149.00 plus tax a night. That sounds a little ridiculous right? Well because this hotel has a "lake view" (which is really only on one side of the hotel and on one corner of the building) the general manager marks the rooms up higher during the summer and holidays in the summer. In the winter the rooms go down a significant amount like $98.00 plus tax, sometimes $89.00 plus tax! Major difference in when you decide to travel. During the summer Guntersville gets a lot of tourism for fishing, wake board competitions, etc. so the hotel marks their prices way up. 

Yes to the Dress

I'm sure almost everyone knows about the lifetime TV show "Say Yes to the Dress." This weekend I was able to experience this because I went shopping with my friend for her wedding dress. Here are some things that stood out to me. We went to Davids Bridal in Chattanooga, TN, at this location they were all very friendly and accommodated our needs, but I feel like the consultant we had could have done a little more to make this day more memorable  for my friend. At the end of the day she did find her dress and the tradition at Davids Bridal is every lady that finds her dress rings the bell and makes a wish that will come true on their wedding day. Overall it was very enjoyable. 

Mary Kay

A friend of mine sales Mary Kay makeup and she is the most driven person I know in building up her business in Mary Kay. Every month she has new products and will contact her customers and see if they would like to book a party with her so she can show you how the new products are amazing to have. She also tries to get people to join her team in selling Mary Kay. Just being around her I can visualize myself selling Mary Kay and making  a lot more money for myself. I am not as driven as her so I haven't decided to just yet but am thinking about it. She helps launch new products in the Mark Kay business and she has done great for herself in selling Mary Kay products.