An hour from now I’ll be lamenting the fact that I got paid last week. Amazon has turned July 15 into a near holiday. The earmarks of a U.S. holiday are having the day off of work and a massive sales event. Most of us are working through hump day, but Amazon’s sale is the real deal. The sale is so potent in fact that Walmart has decided to join in on the fun, offering a competing sale that includes in store pick up. I’m not quite ready to get into the whole commercialization of holidays angle in any meaningful way. Instead i’m excited about this fabrication. Prime Day is an in your face excuse to shop a la black friday, but without the clear infringement on family time.
So, in one hour I will be terribly broke as I am every holiday. I think this time I’ll go in with a game plan: I’ll aim for the cool cheap stuff I can’t get any other time and try to stick to a budget that doesn’t leave me holding a sign in 109 degree heat on the i-10. Not sure I’ll succeed…