Christmas shopping mayhem

I went on a Christmas shopping adventure today. I'm honestly not much of a Christmas shopper. I leave most of it to my wonderful husband!
I did find some neat treasures for my family and friends. I found a crock pot plus a recipe book (at a different store) for about the same amount of money I would have spent on just the crock pot itself. I'm looking forward to hearing about the neat concoctions my friend will come up with. She loves trying new recipes and her crock pot she has been using has a broken knob. I thought it would be a perfect gift for her.
I bought my other friend a nice blouse. I found it at a store she likes to shop and doesn't get to very often. I know this will look pretty on her. At the same store I found my husband a pair of gloves he wanted which was selling about half the retail price.
I did mess up a little bit though. In picking up a gift card for my dad, I looked at the picture and not the greeting. "Happy Birthday" it said. By time I realized it I was too far up in line to change it. I figured he won't care what it says. He will enjoy spending the money on it. I hope he doesn't notice.
I am getting so excited for Christmas. There are some gifts I want to make. I have so many ideas in my head and time is running out. I better go get busy. :)

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Still Single After All These Years said…
I hope nobody you mentioned reads this or they won't be surprised when they open their gifts!
December 21, 2010 at 10:14 AM
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