Or maybe not...

I think I may need to take back my last post. I thought I was still on the right track with my theory Monday evening when I spent a half hour in a Super Target and had the same kind of blah feeling... plus, I left without spending a dime. (That's a whole other topic - the fact that one of the hardest things for a retailer to to is get people in the door - I was in, I was looking for something not too specific, spent 30min plus looking, was passed by many of the store's associates, but left without buying anything. If even less than one percent of the people who walk into a big store like that walk out for the same reasons I did... wow... I stagger to think of the lost business. Had I found the main item I had in my head, I would have also bought a pile of groceries. But when I couldn't really find what I wanted, I didn't bother to buy anything.)

But last night reminded me that yep, Christmas shopping is in full swing. I visited the local Mall... First, I have to say that I went to the mall with my holiday shopping complete. This trip was purely to buy myself a new purse. The place was almost a madhouse. The defining event was when I was at the cashier, and a woman finishing up her purchase to the right of me swung her purse around and whopped me on the back... gave me a nasty glance as if it was my fault for standing there and went on her way.

(heavy sigh)

I'm glad I'm done for the year, glad I am able to do more and more of my own holiday shopping on line (or in my living room - I still like to make lots of gifts!) and am very glad (and thankful) for all the folks who choose to spent some of their gift shopping/making time at my own store.