Hometown shopping
Vanessa Ramirez, left, and her daughter Selena Ramirez, look through gift ideas at Sue’s Gift Boutique Saturday morning. Small Business Saturday, the day after Black Friday, is a profitable time for small shops like hers, owner Sue Torrence said.
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The Bookery in Ephrata was a hive of activity on Small Business Saturday.
From left: Melanie Pruneda, Heather Ramirez and Marianne Reynolds look over the racks outside Little Peanut Swap in the Smith-Martin Building in Moses Lake. The three were actually out shopping for a wedding dress for Ramirez, they said, but got distracted looking at clothes for grandchildren in the process.
MOSES LAKE — Black Friday is big business, drawing huge crowds to huge stores with heavily advertised specials. But the next day, Small Business Saturday, hits a little closer to home.
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