Ladies' Shopping on Black Friday

If you have stayed at home the last two years of Thanksgiving shopping, you must be all agog to get on the streets this year. From sexy costumes to cool electro gadgets, nothing is out of the agenda. There is some money to spare—thanks to careful saving brought about by the recession—and while it may not be a lot, it is enough to bolster your spirits and give you that healthy belligerence against these bad times.

If you live in big cities like New York or Chicago, there is a wealth of things to buy, and a host of destinations to buy them from. In New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, giant departmental stores and boutiques are doing all they can to make you come and buy their offerings. They are decorating their shelves with thousands of beautiful things, just waiting for you to come along and get them. There are things in there beautiful beyond your wildest imagination; things you can brag about for the rest of the year to your neighbor. So, for city people, there's no dearth of shopping fun on Black Friday.

But suppose you live in the smaller towns, or rural areas where there's no good stores to buy from? Here's an idea for those of you who live away from cities—check out online shopping for a spell.

Online shopping—the process of shopping itself—may not be as fun as an outdoorsy shopping day. But the good thing about online shopping is that it gives you as much and even more choices than any single city departmental store can ever give you. Some of these online stores are the most gigantic shopping portals available. You can find every kind of stuff in these stores. So, don't worry if you don't live in a city. This Black Friday, how about you shop online?