Miscellany: A few Black Friday economics lessons

I was traipsing around Worth Avenue, a ritzy shopping district located in Palm Beach, Florida. This is the sort of opulence people expect from "Palm Beach" - aging millionaires walking impossibly-coifed dogs, Maseratis and Bentleys everywhere, and what appeared to be several full-time uniformed police officers guarding the jewelry area.

Lesson #1 - Even Worth Avenue's Saks Fifth Avenue, a place that sells shoes that cost $1000 a pair, still has after-Thanksgiving sales.

Lesson #2 - A bottle of Snapple, which I purchased so I could use the bathroom at a cafe, costs $3.20 on Worth Avenue. The bathroom, incidentally, was awful and dirty. Go figure.

Lesson #3 - The coolest stores are usually off the main avenue - I found a pretty incredible store selling military antiquities called Grande Armee. Insanely overpriced, but cool nonetheless.