I love to Christmas shop in December. I think it's being deadline-oriented. I can't get into it before Thanksgiving. And the crowds just push me to get in, get what I need, and get out.

No shopping on Black Friday, though,because that's just craziness, right there.

Wow, do I really need to pay $40 to hook my free printer to my computer? That would explain why I haven't done this before.

I have to buy pie. I hope there's pie and the getting of doesn't kill me.

$40 for a USB cable (I'm assuming that's what it must be)? That's criminal.

Can you wait a couple of days?

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Announcement: Trader Joe's has dark chocolate-covered caramels with sea salt. (They're with all the Christmas-themed sweet goodies.)

Analysis: I think I just had a religious experience.

Further Analysis: I live WAY too far away from a TJ's.

The mall was packed today.

TJs was nutty today. However, I'm glad I went today, because tomorrow is going to be even worse.

Personally I am avoiding all shopping (except for food which I stupidly have to do tomorrow) until at least January.

All online for me. I've been doing that since before online was widely accepted for commerce (i.e., I bought stuff from catalogs). It makes the Christmas season actually enjoyable.

$40 for a USB cable (I'm assuming that's what it must be)? That's criminal.

Can you wait a couple of days?

I love your links! I can certainly wait a couple of days. That's bonkers.

TJ's wasn't bad near me. I forgot I pass two on that route home. I actually have a surfeit of TJ's. The two I passed aren't of the three that come up in their store locator for my zip code. My zip code likes WeHo.

Jesse - were you looking at cables at like a BestBuy? I feel like their cables are always like "gold-plated" or "80-ft long with nuclear bomb resistant coating" and a minimum of $45 each.

Yeah, apparently. Next time, I'll just ask Gud what to buy the first time.