Are you recuperating from shopping at 3AM? If you are, I'm intrigued and yet strangely afraid of you. I don't quite get the middle of the night shopping. I was always taught that nothing good happens at 2AM. It's the one rule in life I try really hard to really follow. So if I'm up at 2AM I make sure I'm definitely not doing anything good. Occasionally I've had to feed a child in the middle of the night. However I'm cursing them under my breath so it counts as "not good".
Instead I got a full night sleep and started first thing this morning on decorating for Christmas. This doesn't require too much effort as I don't decorate much for Christmas. Because I'm such a whore for Halloween it usually results in minimal Christmas decorations. I also don't send out Christmas cards. Once you start this tradition, I figure you can't stop so I refuse to start. I don't have family photos taken. I hardly develop film or even take pictures with a camera. In fact I'm not entirely sure where my camera is right now. I get pictures taken of my kids at their birthdays but I have no desire to put them in matching clothes, spend a bunch of money on postage, look up a ton of addresses and send them out. Plus, isn't that what Facebook is for? I keep thinking eventually I'll get left off of other people's Christmas card list, but each year I get more and more. I also don't save the photo cards. Am I supposed to? What am I supposed to do with them? Stick them in a photo album? That's odd. Stick them in a shoebox? That's called hoarding.
My oldest turns 5 in December which means that there is a huge influx of new toys that come into our home in December. So I spent some time today clearing out old toys. I should have done this last week then held a Black Friday sale in my home. I have some nice crap that doesn't get played with. Of course I had to remove these toys under the cover of darkness. If the oldest saw me removing toys he'd have a fit which would lead into a huge argument and end in tears. And I try not to cry on my days off work.
With the invention of online shopping why is there even a need to go into stores? I should be a good little yuppie and only shop at locally owned stores. I work for a small business and always have. I should support other small businesses. But then I'm required to actually get in my car, fight traffic and crowds, be pleasant to other people, not be rude about prices I don't approve of....you get the picture. I'm not exactly a pleasant shopper. Which is why you won't see me out at stores on Black Friday. If you need me I'll be going 4th gear on some leftovers and nursing my full belly with some vodka.
Merry Belated Thanksgiving one and all!
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