I spent most of the day hanging out with a friend who’s wife is out of town for the holiday. We braved the treacherous environs of the mall near my house.  Good grief the traffic.  I volunteered to drive, my friend Mike is far to passive behind the wheel to make any progress in this kind of situation! It requires a delicately balanced aggression, just enough to trip the self-preservation instinct in other drivers.  I like to think I’m fairly good at it… we did make good time getting in and out of the area!

Up until early today I *was* done with shopping but the kids and I were invited to a Christmas Eve gathering at another friends house so I had to pick up a few additional items to go into the gift exchange. I went with DVDs, not especially creative but I wasn’t feeling particularly inspired. I *think* I’m done now… kids are coming over tomorrow night so I’m running out of time anyway!

One day closer to having Christmas over! I like it, but dang it’s a lot of work!