CHRISTMAS was...

FAMILY

out of FOCUS

TEST drives

meltdowns

and PRETTY LIGHTS!!!

CJane knows...

How sad is this? Almost 80 degrees forecast for CHRISTMAS DAY.

WAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

CJane ( http://blog.cjanerun.com/2008/07/peanuts.html ) is right. Florida sucks. (she didn't put it exactly like that, but I'm sure thats what she meant to say ROFL)

Retail Christmas

Okay, I ADMIT IT, I am NOT the best blogger on the planet. I do have what I think is a pretty good excuse though, for not posting for over 5 weeks. Working in retail this time of year sort of sucks up all your time and resources. Since before Thanksgiving (and I presume till Christmas Eve) it has been BUSY, BUSY, BUSY!!! The recession has not dampened Christmas shopping in the Tampa area.

SO. Above is my sister-in-law's Christmas tree. One of them. She put up four this year and each one is prettier than the one before. I featured this one because it was the best picture...LOL. We will have big doings at their house Christmas Eve and again Christmas Day. Then, I suspect, dinner at Uncle Tom's house and home (for me) early...to sleep! Eight o'clock schedule for the day-after-Christmas returns starting! Ugh! Gonna be another long couple of weeks of Christmas for retail. And the stories...."They SAID it came from Stein Mart!"...no tags at all (or better yet a Marshall's tag)...and not even a brand we carry. Oh, and a little hint...if it is a small appliance, don't even waste your time (or ours)...Stein Mart doesn't carry small appliances! And sparkly jewelry with no tags attached? We KNOW you wore it to your holiday parties and now want your money back! We don't forget faces, either. LOL. Bringing your return to us in a Stein Mart gift box does not insure it is our merchandise and that we will take it back. Please leave your boxes at home---you are just bringing us your garbage.

LOL Can you tell I am worn out from all this? I'm starting into my Christmas curmudgeon phase. Pardon me. Its retail.

Now I am off to wrap, do laundry, grocery shop ( and something else I can't remember at the moment)...my only day off now till Christmas!