Mission: Christmas Shopping

Christmas Shopping.  Separately, these words are wondrous and joyful events.  Together, they send shivers down my spine.  They create a feeling of intense unease, bordering on irrational hysteria.  From the Friday after Thanksgiving to January 1, I dare not step one foot within a 2 mile radius from the mall, if I can help it.  The crowds are way too much to bear.

But do I learn my lesson? Do I do the responsible thing and start my Christmas shopping months in advance in order to avoid the phenomenon that is Christmas Shopping? Do I even order online?

NO.

So, not only am I going Christmas shopping tomorrow, i am going Chistmas Shopping tomorrow...2 days before Christmas.  And I only have myself to blame.

MISSION: WILL BE ACCOMPLISHED
...hopefully I make it out in one piece.

PS: 4th Annual Christmas Potluck and Secret Santa was a great time! Most everyone came decked out in their Christmas Worst and more visual proof (and someday blackmail and/or extortion aids) will be put up in the next couple of weeks.  A family friend is ever-so-kindly reformatting my ol' dinosaur so he hopefully runs a little faster and makes it another year or so.  Wish him luck!

Rockin' our Ugly Sweaters (some of which are not as ugly as mine or my brother's)