Have you ever gotten a Christmas letter from someone and rolled your eyes? I have. But, the older I get, the more I mature and I've decided to embrace the bragging! (Plus, the minute I turned 40, I quit giving a rip about what anyone thinks of me thus making me much more secure and comfortable in my own skin...so there you go.)

Black Friday has long been known as the busiest shopping day of the year, but it's become a science. I call it Blackfriology, and my in-laws have conquering the BEAST down pat. I've always known they're NUTS! But, to their credit, they get the job done and have dozens of painstakingly hunted, quickly bagged "early birds" stuffed under beds and in the backs of closets before the first day of December!