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electricland) wrote2006-12-12 12:29 pm
electricland) wrote2006-12-12 12:29 pm
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So last night I did not go to the gym (again), but I got a lot more Christmas shopping done! I'm chugging along really very nicely. I kept showing up at stores just after they'd closed (Bakka and Ten Thousand Villages and Lush and Midoco, specifically) but I made it to Staples and MEC and Steve's Music and Pages and Book City. I rock. There are two specific things I need to get and perhaps two gifts I haven't thought of yet. I also need to make a pair of earrings and a necklace and an unspecified number of disco penguins (unspecified because everyone who sees one asks if they can have one, so the number keeps expanding -- which is nice, but sort of hard to keep up with. Luckily they're easy to make). Overall, this seems like an excellent ratio. Next up: wrapping and mailing for the out-of-town gifts (I know, I am late). And some baking.
Staples was amusing (I was there partly for things for me and partly for one particular gift). I love how stores that aren't particularly holiday-focused try to be all "Hey! You can get Christmas presents here too! Wait! Hey, don't just walk past! We have file folders! And scissors caddies!" Staples' holiday slogan is "Great Unexpected Gifts". Which... well, gifts from Staples certainly would be unexpected, but I don't know about great.
Except the ones I'm getting, that is. Those are awesome.
Staples was amusing (I was there partly for things for me and partly for one particular gift). I love how stores that aren't particularly holiday-focused try to be all "Hey! You can get Christmas presents here too! Wait! Hey, don't just walk past! We have file folders! And scissors caddies!" Staples' holiday slogan is "Great Unexpected Gifts". Which... well, gifts from Staples certainly would be unexpected, but I don't know about great.
Except the ones I'm getting, that is. Those are awesome.