I went out nice and early this morning like I do every year to get out there and shop, shop, shop.

Only problem is that this year there really wasn’t anything worth buying.

Does anyone know of a “hot” product out there this year that EVERYONE simply has to get? People are talking about these iPods and Rio digital music players – but those aren’t going to be the big hit of the season. Personally, I think that this is going to be another “Year of the DVD” since they are in such abundance already. Seriously, who is going to buy an iPod when you can download the music that you want and burn it onto a CD for free?

Yeah, the RIAA is suing people now for downloading music, but realistically it’s not going to happen to you or me. There are just way too many people out there downloading music for this to be a major problem that everyone needs to worry about.

Anyway, when I was out shopping today I didn’t notice any hot new gadget or video game or anything that was all the rage. Yeah, this Halo 2 is supposedly the best game out there since who knows what, but everyone already has that game hence making it not a good Christmas present.

All in all, it was a disappointing Black Friday. In year’s past I’ve spent up to $500 today just buying gifts and then another $250 getting myself different toys and gadgets to play with. This year, I spent a total of $7 – on a sandwich that I went out and ate with Johanna. If you ask me, the retail stores have something to worry about this Christmas season…