Ho ho ho!

I just made the STUPID mistake of going to the mall. I know, I know, I swore I wasn't setting foot in a mall this time of year but Neiman Marcus let me down; the last present for the Roommate I was planning on is on back order until mid March (WTF???), so I had to replace it with another item. Fortunately I came up with another idea; unfortunately I can only get it at a mall or via the internet, which is out of the question since I'm not left with enough time for shipping. I checked with a store at a mall in the same quadrant of town as my house and they had the item but since I work on the opposite side of the city from my home and there's a huge mall literally right around the corner from my office, I thought I'd just pop in the same store over here and save myself some time.

Yeah, right. First it took me 20 minutes to get THROUGH the parking lot to the vicinity of the enterance I needed, only to finally get to the store to find out that this particular location didn't carry my item. It took me even longer to get OUT of the parking lot than it took me to get in, so I'm a little peeved. Not only because I could have saved myself some time by calling the second store after I had already called their other location but now I still have to go to the other mall later. I think I'll save that for VERY early tomorrow morning.....since I'll be "working from home". The part of town around my office has been a constant traffic jam this past week because of the mall and tomorrow will only be worse. People trying to get to the mall, get out of town or just get home early. No thanks, I'll be on the couch.

I am so glad this madness is almost over.

The Roommate is going to Boytek's family Christmas in Canada, so that left me without holiday plans. The good people of the House of Suz Seattle branch office have kindly invited me up to their Christmas festivities----drinking, drinking, Seahawks game, drinking----so the Roommate and I will be celebrating our Xmas on Tuesday. Should I fail to get my last gift item tomorrow, there's always Seattle malls to battle. Yea, right again. Like I said, I'm glad this shit is almost over.

Ho Ho Ho

I'll return to Key West photo essay tomorrow. I know you'll want to take a look at the S&M Barbie collection, just in time for Christmas. How does one giftwrap a tart?