Thanksgiving ——— my shopping festival

Americans' Thanksgiving Day is no stranger to Chinese, and in recent years, everyone knows what to say on this day, most of which are words of gratitude.

This year, I was in New York, and I felt the festive atmosphere because the school was on vacation, and I didn't feel like I was on holiday in China as far as the holidays were concerned. Americans, on the other hand, are different from us, there are more people shopping for food in the supermarket the day before the holiday, and the lights in front of the house are shining.

My family didn't have much preparation, let alone turkey, because IBM's classmates asked us to go to his house a week before the holiday, and repeatedly said that they hadn't bought turkey for many years, and this year it was specially prepared for us, and I repeatedly told us to go. And I didn't want to disturb them, I really didn't want to go, and I refused again and again. In addition, I don't like roast turkey, but I am more interested in turkey wings, which are tender and delicious.

The reason I turned him down was that I was going to Woodbury on Thanksgiving Day to buy clothes, and that was my real reason. And my classmates were puzzled when they heard that I didn't go to his house for the holidays in order to go there: I really don't understand, why are you going to chase that madness? The last time I climbed the mountain, I told you that Woodbury is a factory store where the world's famous brands gather, and people from all over the world come here to buy clothes, and ask if you want to go, and you said that you only need a down coat, so you don't need to buy it here, but now you want to go? Moreover, you don't know them who went together, so it is necessary not to come to my house for the sake of an agreement with others......

Yes. I definitely go there on Thanksgiving. There are two reasons to go: one, I do want to buy a down long coat, and the legs are too cold to wear in winter. Second, I saw it on TV in China that on this day, young Americans waited until 0:00 in the cold and rushed into the mall to buy a thousand-yuan wedding dress at a discount of one yuan. I didn't understand it at the time, but now I want to experience it. This day is Black Friday (shopping) after Thanksgiving, and I can't miss such a famous day.

Besides, Mr. Chen and I have already made an agreement. Speaking of Mr. Chen, I still need to write a few more strokes, Mr. Chen is a very enthusiastic person for her compatriots, she seems to be from Sun Yat-sen University, and her husband is a visiting scholar at Columbia University, and she comes to accompany her. I became familiar with it after meeting it on campus by chance. At that time, she was with her companion Teacher Yu, who was from Zhengzhou University, and her husband was a visiting scholar, and she left a phone call with her fellow villagers at that time.

A few days later, Mr. Chen asked me to go to Woodbury to buy clothes together, saying that the three of them could rent a car if one of them was missing. I didn't think much about it and said yes. Two days before I left, I missed the appointment again, and no matter how much Mr. Chen persuaded me not to go, the reason was to go on Thanksgiving: we rarely meet this day, let's go crazy.

In the end, because of me, Ms. Chen's plan fell through, and it was her daughter's birthday. So, I said guiltily: On the day of Thanksgiving, I will definitely go with you.

Therefore, when Ms. Chen informed her a week ago, I firmly told her: go together. The best time to leave is 9pm, where we queue for an hour.

And the enthusiastic teacher Chen is full of 'hardships' in the process of making appointments, and this person will not go for a while, and that person will not go for a while. And this time I did what I said, always telling her: I will definitely go with you.

Actually, my family could rent a car by myself, but in order to promise, my family and I ended up parting ways. The reason why my family followed was because they were worried that I would be squeezed over, and that I would lose my things, haha.

After everyone got together, everyone was reluctant to go at night, because it was too cold in New York these days, and Woodbury was in the mountains an hour's drive from New York, so you can imagine how cold it was at night. So, when they said they wanted to go in the morning, I agreed. The departure time is scheduled for 6 o'clock in the morning.

I've always been a dislike of going to the mall, but this time I was full of anticipation and a little excited. Worried that I wouldn't be able to get up in the morning and delay everyone, I set the alarm clock at 5:20, and as a result, I kept waking up at night, almost every 40 minutes. Tossed until 4:50, and when I woke up again, I didn't dare to sleep again. Leave the house at 5:40 a.m. and meet in front of Columbia Women's College on 116th Street.

The first time I got up so early, I walked two streets before I saw a black man, and the cold street still made my heart tremble, I don't know if I was walking too fast or nervous, and I sweated after a while. The women's college, which was originally very close, made me walk for a long time and didn't get there, and after receiving a call from Mr. Chen, I saw that I walked to 107th Street in one go.

Sadly, I walked ten more streets!

After getting on the bus, when everyone got to know each other, I sighed again: the world is big and big, but small is too small.

For my seat is so close to me that I can't get any closer.

I asked: Where are you from?

She said: Xi'an's.

"Oh, you're from Xi'an, too! ”

"You're from Xi'an too?!" she turned to look at me.

Again: Where are you from Xi'an?

"I'm from Xidian. She said.

.........

Finally, I figured out that she was from the School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering of our school, and she also came to be a visiting scholar. It's just that she looks a little older than me, and we really don't know each other, because she was only transferred from Xi'an University of Technology a few years ago, and she doesn't live in school.

The whole process made us feel like riding the school bus, haha.

An hour later, when I arrived at the shopping spot, the parking lot was full of cars, and more people were returning with large bags and small bags on their shoulders and hands on their backs. They all looked like they had come last night, and they were tired.

Seeing the large and small items they were carrying, we also rushed eagerly towards the shopping area. Looking at it, I am very happy with the time I set. The scene is really the same as we thought at the beginning, most of the crazy purchases last night in this period have already arrived, and the second wave of people has not yet continued. As a result, there are no queues at the gates of those online shopping hotspots. Especially the COACH bag, there is no queue in front of this popular brand among Chinese.

Teacher Chen and I decided to go to the store without queuing first, and when we entered the COACH store, it was still crowded. The 2% off special price position has only left the price tag, which is obviously sold out (later I learned that each brand will put a 1?2% off special price, and these were sold out in a short time after the door opened at 0:00). The rest is 6% off. I walked around the women's area and didn't have anything to buy, and when I walked to the COACH men's section opposite, I saw a good men's bag, and my companion and I bought one each.

What I wanted most when I came here was a fashionable long down coat, and now I can't figure out what it is in that store, and it just so happens that Mr. Chen wants it. So we both decided to turn in order, and we didn't line up anyway. If you go in and see what you like, you can buy it, and if you don't like it, you can leave, and it doesn't take much time. Later, I heard that a lot of goods will be canceled after 9 o'clock, so we decided to go to Columbia, and I wanted to see the outdoor equipment.

The Columbia store is at the farthest end of the shopping area, and we rushed all the way to the store, and when we entered the store, we saw that it was also crowded inside, and there was a queue to pay. The price of all commodities has dropped dramatically, perhaps nearly half of the usual price, that is, a 5% discount. I don't understand other prices, but I still know this brand outdoors. The price is so low compared to the domestic one, which still surprises me.

Several outdoor bags have not been seen in China at all, very beautiful, high quality and low price, and the tax payment is less than 50 US dollars. It's a pity that this bag has a ventilation net, and I just can't carry such a bag. Mr. Chen bought two identical ones.

In the case of outdoor hiking clothes, I still bought two super ambiguous down jackets, one long and one short, N pairs of shoes, and a few others. In short, when I came, I knew that the price of this brand in the United States was lower than that in China, but on Thanksgiving, it was so low that I still felt that I had picked up a big bargain.

Mr. Chen and I bought so many things in this store that we had to put them in the car and continue shopping. Because in comparison, the style here is more preferred. Lesphith also folds very low, and the style is not liked. Another thing that must be mentioned is that except for the clothes I bought, which are made in India, everything else is made in China. Therefore, Mr. Chen said, "We can only use these things ourselves, and it will not look good if we give them away." ’

I feel the same way, but I just feel that it is better to buy what is made in India than to buy it all ours. Because the processing plant implements American standards, the quality is good! Besides, if the action rises a little higher, and if we buy our own production here, we can also contribute some foreign exchange to the country, right?

I've always been interested in dresses, and next to the Colombian store is the KASPER women's clothing store. Walking into this store was purely unintentional, or because there was no queue in front of the store. And the skirt in this store made my eyes completely bright, and it was so suitable to wear, it can be said that I have never bought such a satisfactory skirt in China, so I bought two pieces for $92 after tax. It is also because of these two 4-fold skirts that I can't stop boasting about the value of this trip in the car, and buying such a well-made and low price is the benefit of real Thanksgiving. In particular, all of Woodbury's brand-name products are usually much cheaper than other places, and this day is after the price of the past has been lowered a lot, and each family has a 6?4% discount.

Later, I fell in love with a casual skirt at GAP, and when I got three skirts, I was satisfied.

From 10 o'clock, there are long queues in front of every store. Queue up at the store and pay the fee. At this time, there is often a long queue to go in, and there is no suitable one to buy, so it takes a long time. And I wanted to wear a pair of pants for the Ancestral Bird jacket, and I didn't find this brand here.

After buying the dress, I felt that I couldn't tell the direction of my tiredness, and my tired eyes hurt. By four o'clock in the afternoon, it was already dark and the temperature was low. I basically have no fighting power anymore, and Teacher Chen is still highly motivated, and her motivation comes from the fact that many items to buy have not been found. When we received a call from our companion who was destroying us in the car, we immediately moved back to the DPRK.

To sum up today's itinerary, we only entered less than one-third of the stores today, and we really don't have the time and combat strength.

And my gains are huge. I've never liked going to the mall, but today I was so passionate about walking for nine hours, it's amazing. And it was worth it to spend relatively little money and buy so many brand-name items. At the end of the day, I really realized that Thanksgiving is our shopping festival, and I also experienced it on Black Friday.

The next day, when I went to the same school, his wife, Miss Huang, drove me to a super shopping mall near her house, where I bought a MICHAEL down coat as I wished, and finally bought the coat at a discount of $599 after the classmate's coupon, which was discounted by 4%. It turns out that all major shopping malls in the United States are on sale on Thanksgiving, which is what everyone calls 'Black Friday'! At 6 o'clock in the morning on Black Friday, Miss Huang grabbed a pair of shoes that she usually bought for $100 and $20 that day.

This Thanksgiving in the United States is a shopping holiday in the full sense of the word, and certainly a shopping holiday for everyone. On the first day after Thanksgiving, the mall opened, and it seemed that it was really 'Black Friday' for merchants, and it was 'Red Friday' for us who shopped!

'Black Friday', I've had a shopping addiction. Although we are not crazy enough compared to our friends who queue up to buy 1% off at night, we are still very good because we have less excitement and less cold.

I would like to conclude by saying: Thanksgiving, America!

November 29, 2013