This week, Gasant Abarder reveals in his SliceOfGasant column how he beat the Black Friday weekend temptation by keeping himself busy with a furniture restoration project.
The project left him feeling broken physically but mentally invigorated. And his bank balance is still intact. We have an eight-seater teak patio set with chairs that is about 15 years old and it had fallen into such a bad state of disrepair that I tried to flog it on Facebook Marketplace. These things cost a fortune, and it was selling for a song for just R1000 because it needed a lot of TLC.
But everyone was trying to blackball me actually, it's lowball but that won't fit the pun to follow. So, this weekend I beat the urge to go Black Friday shopping to save R5 on a jar of coffee - driving out way more than that in petrol - and got to work on restoring the table.
A lot of us won't stay in the black this festive season. In some instances, annual increases haven't happened and there are no bonuses. I mean, throw us a freaking bonus here! In extreme cases, jobs have been cut and even salaries.
There are gifts to be bought, festive lunches, occasions and secret Santa work exchanges. The best thing to do is stay home. Or even better Stay calm and DIY.
