Whether you liked or disliked yesterday's election results, I'm sure we can all agree about one thing, that we're glad those campaign ads are no longer running.
But...don't get too comfy because in their places for the next month and a half we will be bombarded with store Christmas commercials. Those annoying ads begging us to buy buy buy. Macy's got the jump on everyone and started theirs early.
It's funny seeing Macy's commercials here in Iowa because there are no Macy's here. I believe the closest one is either in Minnesota at the Mall of America or down in Kansas City. I don't want to go shopping at Macy's that bad. I wouldn't mind going back down to Kansas City or back up to Minnesota, but not to go to Macy's.
They tried getting a Macy's here once and almost succeeded, but instead got a Dillard's. I guess Macy's didn't think Des Moines had a big enough shopping population for them. That's okay, there are plenty of other stores to shop at. And if I really want to shop there, I can do it on line, one of the perks of having the internet right at my finger tips, well maybe not for my wallet.
Iowa used to get looked over for a lot of things, except during the presidential elections, that "First in the Nation" thing. That's slowly changing. People are starting to notice our little state for more than that. It's nice in some ways and not so nice in others. I just hope that it doesn't cause Iowa to lose all the charm that makes it Iowa.
Oh, and as for those annoying Christmas commercials, at least they'll be gone after Christmas, only to be replaced by News Years Day ones, Valentine day ones, etcetera, etcetera. One thing we can always count on are commercials wanting us to buy, it's like knowing the sun will come up tomorrow, we can almost certainly count on it.
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