We went out for breakfast and to finish up the Christmas shopping. We left the house at 8 AM and we were done and heading home by 10:00. The sun was bright enough that we drove the half dozen miles home with the top down.
I put the Alley Gator teeth back on today.
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My wife and I have been married for 26 years and for the first 24 years it has been just us for Christmas. Because we don’t have kids we developed our own little tradition for Christmas, every year we would set aside a certain amount of money and the last Saturday before Christmas we would go to the mall and shop, for ourselves. We would wander the stores together and buy stuff. There would not be anything to “open up” on Christmas morning, but that was just fine by us.
But for the last 2 Christmases since Donna’s mom has been living with us we have had to go shopping for stuff to wrap for each other. We now go to the mall with lists and enter in the middle and then go our separate ways meeting back up at a predetermined time and place.
I think next year we will go back to a modified Plan A, we shop together for ourselves and then when we get home wrap them up to put under the tree….
It had quit raining so we drove the work with the top down. It was 63 degrees and the day’s predicted high. It went back up while at work because there was still a chance for more rain. Even though it was cooler by quitting time, we put it back down for the ride home. It went back up for tonight’s trip to the mall. It was time for the annual Christmas shopping trip. We each make out a list of goodies we would like and give then give it to one another. At the mall and enter in the middle, where she goes left and I go right. We then meet up at a certain place after a certain amount of time having bought what we could off each others lists. When we get home, it is off to separate rooms to wrap.
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The latest Rolling Stone came in the mail today. It was all shrink wrapped in plastic. Probably to protect the shiny silver bordered cover of this “Special Double Issue.” I don’t know what makes it special, except for perhaps that photo of Bill Wyman without his shirt on. I don’t know what makes it a double issue, because in thickness it is about the same or maybe even thinner than the last issue. Oh, I see why now, Ozzy is on the cover twice! Once by himself and another with his TV family….
Most Nissans. Most. The commercial then shows plenty of pictures of ugly Frontier pick-ups, lame duck Maximas and not-so-trendy-anymore Xterras. Missing from the list I’m sure is the new 350Z and the hot Altima. How many knuckleheads will go down to their Nissan dealer thinking he’ll get that deal on a Z and end up seduced and buying something he really doesn’t want? Sadly, probably enough that makes it worth their effort to concoct the campaign. Sigh.
I just bought a Lockergnome sweatshirt last week. They were closing them out and $9 for an embroidered XL sweatshirt was too good to pass up. I also bought it because it was forest green and just last month I decided to retire my green Hartford Whalers sweatshirt. It was over 15 years old and the cuffs were fraying and it had a couple spots on it (it’ll make a nice waxing rag for the Miata.) Along with my sweatshirt they threw in a CD from Gnomedex 2002 and a bumper sticker that reads, “Geek used to be a 4-letter word, now it’s a 6-figure one.” Cute, but it won’t get on my car. What might is the Chris caricature that adorned the left side of the sticker. I trimmed all around it and think I’ll stick it on the back bumper for now – then move it to the trunk lid with the rest of my stickers in a couple months.
I haven’t tried the CD yet for fear it will be more of Chris’s home movies. I think I will plop in there, may be some good freeware on there…..
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Ordered a couple of my Christmas presents to the Miata tonight.
First up was a customized caricature from CarArtz.com I sent in pictures of the car, wheels, etc. and sometime after Christmas I will have a picture to frame. (the photos included the car with the Alley Gator Teeth so I guess that is what is going back in the mouth.)
Secondly I ordered the Moss Motors Short Shifter Kit. They had it on special for $119, down from $169. You can track the shipment here.
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