Are you a last minute Christmas shopper?

So I'm done shopping and I'm off work all week. (Vacation time paired with holidays) My wife's working so I kinda volunteered to go pick up a gift for her step-father today. I "thought" it would be an easy stop being Monday and before lunch time, and then go take her to lunch afterwards. I was WRONG! My God at the people out shopping, it looked like a weekend at Christmas time. Couldn't hardly find an effen parking place, people being rude as hell and after all this they didn't have what I was after! So I wound up having to go to the mall. That's where Dick's sporting goods is. About got in a fight over a parking place there. Pulled all the way to the outer part of the mall lot in the grass, a car was backing out so I waited, not many options. So the guy is backing out when a line of traffic come barreling through cutting in between me and the spot. I just knew one of them was going to pull in, fortunately they didn't or I would have gotten into it with them. It was quite obvious what I was waiting for, IDK why they couldn't wait for me to get out of the way. In the mall everybody walking w/o looking where they were going, had to stand in line 20 minutes and just when I start checking out my wife calls and wants me to pick up another of the items I'm getting for her sister to give since I was having a hard time finding it. It was a camouflage life vest btw. We are each giving one to their step-dad. So I had to go get another one, stand in line again which by now is even longer! I will never do any Christmas shopping this close to Christmas again! I hope everyone has their shopping done, I don't have the patients for it. I thought well I'll go pick this up at Bass Pro Shops and get to enjoy my day "man browsing" as my wife calls it. I was so frustrated I didn't do much browsing, just got the hell on my way for the most part. Took me pretty much all day between traffic and then lunch with the wife then to the mall. I would rather just have worked today.

Anyway just had to vent, Merry Christmas!

 

I do all my shopping this week, on the internet! Free from traffic,fights or any sort of trouble!

Glad you didnt get in a "gentleman's scuffle" in the parking lot.

 

..it doesn't surprise me, ..dealing w/ the sheep at the mall

i find that the closer you get to the big day, the more attractive gift cards become

 

Oh shit, thanks for the reminder. I've got to get my girlfriend a christmas gift.

 

Her family says no gift cards. I know this all too well because all I want is stuff for my truck that cost way more than they will spend on me so I said gift cards for Amazon, Best Buy or just Visa would be great. No deal. So I had to come up with a list of stuff, so I'll be getting things I that I'd rather have the $ to put into the truck. Maybe I can return things for cash?

 

Yea. I'm always late getting gifts. You have to steel yourself for all the bs beforehand. It's almost an impossible mission...

 

hey, .. a gift is a gift... i mean, ..they can either accept it or refuse it

 

Internet even if you have to pay extra for shipping it's worth it. Click, click, click and your done, no need for parking and long lines. Just make sure you can get your package when they deliver, there have been a number of thiefs after the packages have been left at peoples front door.

 

Normally I'm pretty good about getting this done early. All of my side of the family has been so late getting me wish lists this year that I think I'll finally finish tomorrow.


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Big time last min. I still haven't even gotten my wife a birthday present and that was in November.

 

Mike (OP), you went too early. If you waited until Saturday around 5 in the afternoon you could have had the place to yourself.

Merry Christmas

 

I go in person. My wife does almost all shopping online.

 

Jennie and i have been done shopping for each other and family members since before t-day finished with our daughter monday... so were done..