Christmas Shopping Thrills

Did my annual solo Christmas shopping tonight. Started with a quick walk through of the Maine Mall which took me to where I could walk out to Borders. Found several of the items I was looking for. There was a long line snaking to the checkout but with so many cashiers it was like taking a stroll in slow motion. Then it was back across the parking lot to the Mall. Snow was starting to fall, the beginning of a 24 hour storm. Could end up with another 10". Once inside I hit a succession of stores gathering mostly what I intended to pick up. It wasn't really very crowded, maybe the weather forecast kept the numbers down. Stopped at the food court and picked up a southwest chicken wrap at Arby's, watched the other shoppers while eating then grabbed a coffee on the way out. Made one more stop at a nearby shopping plaza then hit the highway home. That went well. Oh yeah, Patches was out of the pen when Carol got home. Maybe we should just get him drunk before we leave for the day.