I opened my Star Tribune this morning and look what I found inside:

For a second, I thought I might have accidently received the Sunday paper. From the look of it, retailers are not waiting until Black Friday to beg you to buy stuff.

I counted ten(!) circulars, everyone from JCPenney, Herberger's, and Kohl's to HOM, Sears, and Gander Mountain. At this rate, whole rainforests will be wiped out before 2012.