Saturday 9: The Man in Black

Hello! I hope everyone had an enjoyable Thanksgiving and has survived the "fun" of Black Friday. To be honest, I skipped the whole Black Friday thing. I did a little bit of online shopping yesterday and a little this morning.

I confess I needed a prescription filled so I did venture out to Walmart this evening and to my surprise it was less crowded than a normal Friday evening. All the checkouts were open and there were no lines at all. I couldn't believe it, so I caved and did a little extra shopping while I was there.

Sorry to be doing this on Friday evening, but our son and his family are coming tomorrow and it will be a busy day....Christmas Market in the morning, decorating in the afternoon, dinner out at a favorite restaurant, and then loading up in cars to go see the big light display at the county fairgrounds.

Thanks, as always, to our hostess, Sam, for coming up with the questions and providing the spot to link up to the Saturday 9.  This week's choice is a personal favorite.

 

Saturday 9: The Man in Black (1971)
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) Black is this week's signature color because Friday, November 24, was "Black Friday," when retailers cut their prices and consumers flock to the stores. Did you score any "Black Friday" bargains?  Just a few and they were found online or at the above mentioned end of day trip. I got all the Pioneer Woman cookbooks for my daughter who is obsessed with her, a couple of classic games redone in a Spiderman theme for our oldest grandson, and a great deal on a couple of inflatables for the front yard (hey, a grandma's gotta do what a grandma's gotta do).

2) Among the biggest the Black Friday advertisers are Target, Kohl's, Macy's and Best Buy. If you could have a $100 gift card to any one of those stores, which would you choose?  What would you buy?  I'd probably choose Target because they have awesome games and toys that you can't find elsewhere...a lot of old classics.

3) Feasting and football are also popular Thanksgiving weekend pastimes. Do your Thursday-Sunday plans include pigging out or watching a game?  Well, we can check pigging out off the list. That was definitely done yesterday (okay, and again today with leftovers). No football in the plans, however. My husband has never been a fan and while I do love my Steelers, I usually pass on watching since he doesn't enjoy it.

4) Thanksgiving weekend is a major time for travel. How far did you venture from home for the holiday?  About 100 feet up the sidewalk to my mom's house.

5) This week's song, "Man in Black," is about a singer who refuses to wear bright colors. What color are you wearing as you answer these questions? Blue jeans and a dark green shirt.
 
6) Johnny Cash first performed this song at Nashville's Vanderbilt University. When were you last on a college campus? What brought you there?  I guess it was a couple of years ago.  My mom and I went to see a musical review at St. Vincent College here in town.

7) The average American man wears a 10.5 size shoe, the average woman wears a 7.5. Johnny Cash wore a size 13. Are your shoes bigger or smaller than the national average?  Bigger.  Every time I was pregnant I gained a shoe size and they never went back to the former size after the pregnancies. Thanks kids!!

8) He preferred his coffee very strong. To make sure what he drank was to his liking, he carried a jar of instant coffee with him and would ladle it into his cup in restaurants. What about you? What's your standard coffee order?  My standard coffee order is Diet Coke. I can't stand coffee.

9) While in the air force, Cash wrote short stories under the pseudonym "Johnny Dollar." Make up a pen name for yourself.  Laurel Highlands...it's the name of the area I live in.

Well, I am off to get a few more things done before heading to bed.  Enjoy the rest of your Thanksgiving holiday if you are lucky enough to be off.  See you Sunday for Sunday Stealing!