[< attack of the mall-people > ]
[ Monday, Dec. 05, 2005 ]
[1:48 p.m.]
I braved the mall yesterday with the Hubby. Both of us barely made it out alive... there was much pushing and shoving and children screamin bloody murder... and old folks being trampled under foot of stampeding shoppers.
After standing in Line after line after line...we made it out alive. The longest line being 25 minutes...at Fabricland of all places. The second longest was Starbucks...but i'm addicted to their Caramel Apple Ciders. Yum.
The majority of our shopping is now done, and i spent over 300 smackers. There's only a few people left on the list, but they require some phone calling.
The hubby and i exchanged Christmas Gifts yesterday as well. i know, i know... it's WAY too early... but we know what we got each other (the big gifts, anyway...) I got this - the brown one. And my hubby got these. Both of these gifts required sizing/approval before funds could be exchanged for product. So, we are both currently wearing our Christmas Presents. Yay.
one of the things The Hubby and I noticed at the mall was that nobody smiles. Mind you, we probably weren't smiling either most of the time. When did they holidays get so stressful? I remember when December was my favourite month and i spent all my time singing Christmas Carols and making crafts out of construction paper and glue and glitter and i remember not being able to sleep cuz everything was so exciting.
Yesterday, i got home from the mall, plugged in my Christmas Tree, sat down on the couch and passed out. Why is it so exhausting?
One of the perks of having the bosses kids at work until 8.30 everyday is that i don't have to do any 'real' work until they leave. We play games, draw pictures, make crafts. Last week we made reindeer out of paper. i traced the kids' feet on brown paper, for the heads, and then traced their hands for the antlers. Currently we have 6 reindeer. The little guy wants to stop at 6 and now he wants to make santa's sleigh. Yikes. i'm not sure how we're going to make that. It's fun making all these Christmas Crafts. It makes me feel like a little kid again. i also showed them how to make paper chains and snowflakes. So, my desk and my copy room are very well decorated.
that's the Christmas i know and love. Not malls. And not badly sung Christmas Carols - recorded by RnB artists. News Flash: Christmas Carols are NOT SUPPOSED TO BE SUNG SEXY!!! They're CHRISTMAS CAROLS. ~ You sound like an idiot and you look like a fool.
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