Should You Be Shopping for the Holidays Now? Maybe!
I just got a note from Hourglass Cosmetics inviting me to shop their early Black Friday Sale starting soon because they are concerned about shipping delays in November. Should you be shopping for the holidays now? Maybe!
I haven’t really thought much about it because hey, who’s thinking about the Holidays when COVID, raging fires, hurricanes, and politics are around right? But I thought about it today after getting that e-mail and I remember how hard it was getting things here in New York when our numbers were so high. Amazon Prime was taking a 7 to 10 days to arrive, other retails were sometimes two to three weeks, heck, even recently when I did a TJMaxx order it took nearly a month to arrive.
Our numbers are climbing again in New York due to certain clusters within the city boroughs. This could be a hint as a second wave or it may be isolated. So, should I shop now for the Holidays? Should I wait?
Here’s my thoughts.
I think many, many sales are going to start hitting by the end of this month and the beginning of November. Black Friday will probably pan out a little differently in the fact many sites will probably do week long sales events as they always do but those events will probably hit earlier.
You might find that you don’t even have to do a lot of shopping this year if you’re isolated as you aren’t going to family gatherings, seeing friends, etc…! You might find your gift list a little smaller due to this unless you plan on shipping items out to loved ones.
I THINK I’ll probably start shopping in November versus waiting for Black Friday to hit. The sales will be fast and furious all month long but some people may hold out for Thanksgiving and Black Friday to actually log in and shop. I hope to be done before that made crush begins and hopefully my packages will arrive in time.
I’m a little spoiled at the moments because shipping is pretty normal with most retailers lately especially Amazon which arrives next day in most cases but I realize I shouldn’t take this for granted and best get all my shopping done before the big wave hits.
Do you have a shopping plan for the Holidays this year?
Doing it early or just hoping all your packages will arrive in time?