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Well, it definitely feels like a Monday. And it's cold and rainy. And it's the first day back from the Thanksgiving mini-break. Sigh. And I'm stuck in a looong night class (sorry Travis). The break was pretty good though. We did the Thanksgiving thing with the fam. Got stuck working Black Friday at good ol' Home Depot. It wasn't all that crazy compared to the big stores like Target, Walmart and Best Buy. We had a few good buys, well, that is, if you needed a 12gal ShopVac or 13' Extension Ladder. Right.

I cannot seriously think of one thing (not even that ShopVac) that would make me get up at the ass crack of dawn to go wait outside a store with a bunch of other retards, some of which may or may not be prone to random acts of violence. But I guess if you're willing to risk it, you can find some pretty good stuff for a pretty good price and certainly take care of a few people for Christmas.

This year my family decided to do a Secret Santa gift exchange instead of the normal buy-presents-for-everyone thing. I mean, I like getting presents, but I suppose I'm getting a little too old to be running around opening stacks upon stacks of gifts shouting happily. Damn. Anyway, sooo, Secret Santa. We drew names over Thanksgiving and assigned a $30 price tag that we decided was more than reasonable. I got my Aunt Tracy. She's requested a Kohl's or Walmart gift card. I hate Walmart so I'm not gonna lie, it's probably gonna be Kohl's. I hope she's surprised.

I like Christmas with Shawn's family because we've started playing Rob Your Neighbor. It's usually like 20 bucks worth of gift and we all start with one and then when it's your turn, you take whoever's gift that seems more interesting. Or pretty. Or less like a box of crap. Last year I almost got stuck with a butterfly windmill. Definitely a close call. I immediately dropped to my knees and thanked Jesus. Ended up with a plant. It's dead now. No, I didn't kill it. It was an annual. They die. Geez.

With all of that, we're pumped to go Christmas shopping, which usually means we'll end up going last minute and regretting it. We already bought pretty wrapping paper on sale from Target though. Oh yeah, and bows. Shiny ones.

briana :)