Christmas Shopping, Part 2

After a careful, conscientious scientific study (over 2 days) I have determined that Christmas shopping has an involuntary cutoff time of 1:00pm. I have no focus or energy to keep on past that time. Today, I managed to convince myself that I really did not need to grocery shop after Christmas shopping because:
1- I'm cooking for myself tonight, the Tall One will be fed at Bible study
2- The thought of navigating the Trader Joe's parking lot at around 2pm made me dry heave
3- I had to pee real bad
Looks like it's soup and salad tonight!

If you're still trying to get some last minute Christmas gifts out of the way, here are my suggestions.

Best Buy
Go early, like around 10am. There is still parking, and your chance of being mowed over by a plasticized Prozac-popping catastrophe masquerading as a mom and her ark (or SUV, you decide) is considerably less. They have lots of DVD's, including WKRP in Cincinnati-The Complete First Season if your dad happens to think it's sitcom gold. Like mine.

Borders
Nothing says "I love you" like a good book. Or calendar. Or whatever else somehow manages to fit under the category of books and get sold here. Word to the wise, I dropped in to the Waldenbooks Express yesterday hoping to pick up my El Salvador poolside reading (it's a Jane Austen holiday folks- Mansfield Park & Sense and Sensibility!) and was shut down. They had like 5 Austen books in the whole joint. Waldenbooks Express sucks. But Borders... I love that place. I spent about 5 minutes determining which version of Mansfield Park I wanted. Penguin Classics? The $4.95 version with the cheap ass drawing? Oh, this $6.95 version has a lovely painting on the cover... I'm not exaggerating. And if that hasn't convinced you, they have a pocket-sized travel gnome and a travel nun-bowling game.

Target
Kicks ass. You know this unless you live in a cave.

Icons of Surf
This is a little hole in the wall longboard shop in San Clemente that has the most beautiful boards I have ever seen in my life. Reason I pick this place is because they have a huge selection of tees (for guys and the ladies) with art by Andy Davis, an artist that does cool surfy art. They're a little pricey, but if you need a girl's gift it's great. Guys too, but only if they're into the slim fit/light turquoise deal.

Lastly, go out shopping looking like a total scumbag. I wore a hoodie with a jacket over it, jeans and beat up Vans and people were nice as pie to me. Not once did I get vibed. Maybe because I wasn't at the mall. Stupid Macy's wench, I hope she snaps a heel and bumps her head on her precious fragrance display. Gasp!!!! Did I say that?!?


And lastly, 10 more days until El Ano Nuevo 2008- El Salvador. Where two grown men can sit in a patio jacuzzi and we're strangely OK with Brokeback Spa. Side note- there was no running hot water in the hotel, that's cold water in there.