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By heather | November 17, 2008
Dear Self:
You do realize that NEXT WEEK is Thanksgiving? Like 10 days from now? Because you were going to buy and wrap all the gifts for our in-laws and nephews so we could schlep them up at Thanksgiving, rather than pay a gazillion dollars to ship them. But that was when Thanksgiving was like, months away…and now it’s not.
I thought you had TIME to do all that since you don’t have to cook a turkey and plan a meal! What happened to your time management skillz? You had a whole day on Saturday – the kids had a Daddy Day and you were at the OUTLETS for pete’s sake!
So then what exactly did you think you were doing when you went shopping and bought sweaters for you? And jeans for you? And baby clothes for YOUR kids?
Now you barely have time to frantically hunt down gifts online – you are cutting the delivery deadline WAAAAY close because you are leaving on WEDNESDAY. And no way you’re getting anything engraved or personalized this late in the game.
Not only that, but when your MIL heard that you were planning to bring all the gifts up at Thanksgiving, you sent her into a panicked shopping tizzy that involved pulling out all the stops to get er done.
Your sisters-in-law argued over how much to spend on gifts then did whatever they wanted anyway, but bottom line – they are also DONE and you are NOT.
Way to go Santa wanna-be.
Now we look bad.
What in the name of WalMart were you thinking?
-Heather
P.S. Those jeans are totally cute on you.
P.P.S. This is why it’s not safe to let us out shopping without supervision.
Topics: deep thoughts...or not, holidays, shopping capers, this is why | 5 Comments »
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November 18th, 2008 at 8:39 am
Send me your ideas for nephew gifts. I too need help!
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November 18th, 2008 at 10:45 am
Oh no! I have to plan my Thanksgiving meal!!!
*hyperventilates a little*
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November 18th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
Oh geez…… why’d you have to go and remind me?
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November 18th, 2008 at 1:51 pm
What an awesome and witty post. Online shopping is where it’s at!
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November 23rd, 2008 at 9:44 pm
Oh this sounds just like me. I always go out shopping for others and end up buying a lot of stuff for myself and my kids. It’s pathological really…
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