The Black Friday sales idea has caught on in the UK as well ,shops and retailers seeing it as a chance to drag punters into their snares.

In other news there was a knock at my door last night and lo and behold there was my bestest pal in the world who emigrated to New Zealand 5 years ago. It was his first trip back and boy was it good to see him. We had a couple of beers and a good old chin wag and away he went. No doubt I will see him again in another 5 years.