Merry Christmas! Once again, it was the best year ever! Hope you had a happy one with family and friends, the best gifts of all.

My mother dared me to blog this conversation, yes she did.

We were on the phone, talking about presents. All I said was something about how I always knew what I was getting for Christmas. “What do you do? Peek?” she cried. “How do you know?” I explained that I didn’t mean NOW, I meant when I was a kid, no I didn’t peek, she just got me every single thing I askes for, so nothing was a surprise.
At this point she turns to Carl and says, “She’s complaining I get her what she wants for Christmas!” then she turns back to me. “Whadda you want me to do? Buy you junk you don’t want?”
Heh. That’s my mom… I explained that a list of things I wanted (as per her request) was a guideline, not a shopping list and the surprise was to see what off the list I was getting! Anyway…

What ’till she sees what I got her.

Darn, I forgot to mention about my uncontrollable urges while out shopping. No, it’s not the impulse purchases. I did it earlier this week and I did it this morning too. There I am standing in line, and the people behind me don’t even suspect. The clerks just raise my eyebrows at me.

What is it?

Well, you know how a lot of stores now have some sort of card you can earn points with? Yeah, those stores. Get this – I’ve been giving my points to the person behind me.

Yep, I admit it. I’m spreading Christmas cheer everwhere I shop now.