That's what gift receipts are for!
True! And then, there's always something that I'm sure someone will get me, but they don't. So what the heck!
You have the emotional maturity of a blueberry scone.
Giles ,'Touched'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jesse - Nov 22, 2010 10:35:09 am PST #6795 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Kathy A - Nov 22, 2010 10:40:23 am PST #6796 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Erin, I remember one Thanksgiving when I was fine before going to my aunt's house for dinner, where I played with my cousin's kids. Turns out one of them still wasn't quite over the stomach flu, and both Mom and I came down with it the next day--me while I was working at the bookstore and thankfully close enough to the bathroom. We were so short-staffed that holiday season (due to the fact that the store was going to be closing at the end of January) that they had given me a key and made me a temporary shift supervisor even though I was just a part-timer. The other managers/supervisors were already scheduled, so I had to work that weekend even though I was running to the bathroom every 20 minutes.
Worst Thanksgiving weekend ever!
Jesse - Nov 22, 2010 10:51:35 am PST #6797 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Am I a crazy person for planning to go to Target and the grocery store (probably Whole Foods) on Wednesday afternoon? We're getting out of work early, so I figure I'll have time, but will the people make me crazy? Hmmmm.
Strix - Nov 22, 2010 10:53:40 am PST #6798 of 30001
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
Kathy, that sounds like so much not-fun. I don't have to travel, and so far, I don't feel REALLY bad, just a little run-down and very snotty and coughy. So I will be good to myself, and hopefully it will be ok.
Jessica - Nov 22, 2010 10:56:24 am PST #6799 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Am I a crazy person for planning to go to Target and the grocery store (probably Whole Foods) on Wednesday afternoon?
Yes. It will be a madhouse and if you're there to buy anything Thanksgiving related they will have already sold out.
§ ita § - Nov 22, 2010 10:57:04 am PST #6800 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I hit up TJ's last Thanksgiving Wednesday for pie, and the lines were short and the pie plentiful. So I'd say it depends.
Jesse - Nov 22, 2010 11:00:26 am PST #6801 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I hate "it depends"!! Well, fuckit, I don't feel like going tonight and have plans tomorrow, so Wednesday it's going to be. I'm not looking for super Thanksgiving-oriented stuff, and I'm flexible about what I get, so. (I'm bringing crudite. So I don't really care what it is, specifically.)
Cashmere - Nov 22, 2010 11:04:27 am PST #6802 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I still have to do T-Day shopping. And I have Derby practice tonight and the kids are done with school for the week today.
Jesse - Nov 22, 2010 11:09:35 am PST #6803 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
And sometimes I get caught up in the thrill of the crowd. I think it was the weekend before Christmas that one time that I went into Times Square in order to go to both the Sanrio store AND Toys R Us. It was kind of awesome. Although I'm sure I shoved some people into the street.
Connie Neil - Nov 22, 2010 11:13:31 am PST #6804 of 30001
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Hubby likes to go to the mall on Christmas Eve. It's a weird sort of rush.