This past weekend ushered in the traditional kick-off of the holiday shopping season. It began with Black Friday and ended with Cyber Monday. The best guesses were that sales on the former day hit $10 billion, while the latter day had sales in the $700 million range.

The Black Friday stories are now almost legendary: People camping outside of electronics stores in the wee hours of the morning. Fist-fights breaking out as shoppers jostle for position. Clark saw some TV footage of a man in Jacksonville, Fla., who camped outside a Best Buy beginning at 11:30 a.m. on Thanksgiving!

Clark never goes shopping on the day after Thanksgiving. So what does he do instead? Well, when the going gets tough, the tough get to the beach! Clark actually was forced to do a little shopping because his sun shoes floated out into the ocean during low tide. So he and his family hastened to a shoe store and found they were the only customers. The shoes were on sale, of course.

Clark's executive producer Christa, meanwhile, intentionally went out shopping on the day after Thanksgiving. But she was able to avoid the craziness by going out after 11 a.m. when things quiet down. She also managed to save $40 on $100 worth of cookie cutters for a children's hospital charity event. You go, girl!