Shopping maniacs

Well, we're back from the city. (Kristin, we weren't in the city that I think you were referring to or I totally would have went out with you!)

We got all of our shopping done for the kids and we didn't spend as much as we'd planned!

Can you believe that?

Me neither. (seriously!)

I actually had to add the receipts twice just to make sure.

We stayed with friends, which was really nice. (If you are reading this. . . thanks again!!) We ate at not-kid-friendly restaurants where there wasn't even a kids menu (!) and we shopped like maniacs. I have never been done my shopping this early before EVER. I may have to wait until early Christmas morning to wrap them just so I don't miss out on the annual adrenaline rush and panic attack. Sweaty pits and anxiety are as much a Christmas tradition to me as Egg Nog is to others. Ha ha!

3 days in the city was MORE than enough for me. I was happy to leave there and get back home. I really am a bush baby. It's just WAY too hectic for me. We were at Best Buy and the line up went from the check out all the way back to the door. It was December 1st! I could see that on Christmas Eve, but the 1st of December?!?! C'mon. It was so busy in the mall that the man actually passed on a Tim's because the line up was too long! This is a guy who will wait in line for shitty coffee! I had to check his pulse when he showed up empty handed.

I read somewhere that Morgan Spurlock (Supersize Me) was doing another film called "What would Jesus buy?" I kept thinking about that all weekend. What would He buy? The man thinks He would buy a Wii. Ha ha. Or Frankincense and Myrrh. He'd probably have better luck finding Frankincense and Myrrh than a Wii!

The daughter-in-law of a friend went to her local Zeller's at 7:00am to get a Wii. Once there, she found out that there were only 10 Wii's available and you had to get a ticket to buy one. She got the 10th one and faced the wrath of those who didn't get one. Seriously. Adults calling each other names, swearing, etc., over a video game. 'Tis the season, right? At Wal-mart yesterday that announced over the intercom that there were 2 Wii's just delivered to the electronics dept. It was like a stampede. Of course, I was in the electronics dept at the time, looking for a tape deck. Yes, I said a tape deck. A ghetto-blaster. I got tapes to play, ok? A tape deck is almost as elusive as a Wii and twice as cool.

We also decided, on a whim, to go to a movie. It almost NEVER turns out well when we do that. The only movie we were on time for was Fred Claus. We paid $40.00 to see Fred Claus. Yep, we did. This movie is a $1.99 gallery rental movie, at best, and even then I think I would have felt ripped off. There were parts of the movie where I felt embarrassed for Vince Vaughn. Seriously embarrassed. You have been warned. It's only redeeming quality was the music. It would actually be a good Christmas album to have. You can't go wrong with "Ludacristmas" Christmas rap.

I'm trying to get in the Christmas spirit, so I thought I'd share some pictures from Christmas past.

Christmas 2005

Christmas 2006

Ha ha. I can't remember what book he's looking at here, I think it was one of mom's gifts. You can't see it in the picture, but he had a big wooly scarf tucked in his shirt like an ascot. It's silly, and it makes me laugh. I'm sure he'll laugh when he sees it on here too. Right, honey?!?


This is worth a giggle too.


The countdown to Christmas had begun!