According to local retail, Christmas season started about a month ago. I went in Hobby Lobby to get some wooden cut outs for a school project only to find Mr. Jack O'Lantern sharing conversation with Saint Nicholas and the holy family. I think Miles Standish might have tried to get in on the conversation by offering some sort of turkey dinner, but Frosty wasn't having it. Whatever. My mother and I are leaving tomorrow for one night and are going to the land of outlets and Dolly, of airbrushed t-shirts and Pfaltzgraff, to try and get a large chunk of Christmas shopping and general winter clothing shopping done before "Black Friday" arrives...well, this year it is more like "Sell Your Family Thanksgiving Dinner Out for a Cheaper Flatscreen at Kmart Thursday". By the wee hours of the Friday after Turkey day, the hub and I are fighting the throngs to find the few deals we still need while feasting on coffee, more coffee and the pure entertainment value of people watching during the madness. We never fail to be shocked and impressed when seeing some deal-thrill seeker with a cart full of crock pots or three baskets full of spatulas because, well, "you just don't see deals like that every day." Kind of like my mom and I today at Kroger. Since we are entering the season of holiday baking, we jumped on a Land O Lakes butter deal and ended up splitting 10lbs of butter for a ridiculous price. Hey...HEY! Don't judge me. Or if you want, you can. Just don't expect any baked goods left on your porch.
So just say a little prayer that we have success tomorrow and Saturday and that our sanity is in tact when we leave the land that Dolly built. It should be interesting.
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