I like traditions.  There is a comfort in knowing that some things will be just as they always have been.  If you have not guessed by now, I lean towards order.  A place for everything and everything has a place.  But I know that life can be unpredictable.  Traditions start and stop in response to the changes in life.  Black Friday shopping is one of the traditions that has come and gone. Shopping has long been a passion of mine, but I did not go shopping on Black Friday.  That all changed one Thanksgiving many years ago.  I heard my aunt and cousins talking about the deals that were being…