Package deal

Have you all been good little boys or girls? Or at least apologized publicly to the press?
It is hard to believe that Christmas is finally here. (Especially after the weather was 70 degrees. I went from long sleeves to shorts.) What maybe harder to believe is that I finally got motivated to do some Christmas shopping. Yes, it was the day before Christmas Eve. All the months before I was not in the mood to shop or had the initiative to go somewhere. Yet, call it the Christmas spirit or too much egg nog, I decided to visit the mall and see what could be under O Christmas Tree.
So Wendy and I went to the local mall to see what I could purchase for my family. We had our price limit in mind and card in hand. The mall was not too crowded for the day before the day before Christmas. We could see about twenty feet ahead of us. I am not sure if this is good or not, but we did find a gift in all the stores we went. Granted it was Wendy who found the gift and we only visited three stores. Which is not bad because without Wendy there I would have ventured all over the mall, not found what I wanted to give, and paid more. My secret is to look in the department stores at the gifts they have on sale on the tables. I suppose that does scream, "Hey, Loser! Buy me!" I hope we picked out some decent gifts. They do not seem that bad or they will at least make some great dust collectors.
Well I gotta go help Santa pack the sleigh.