Bless Your Heart

Yesterday I did some Christmas shopping with my sister, Sara, although I ended up with more stuff for J & I than for other people. I did get a few gifts though so I think I did ok. The mall & Target were already packed! See, my goal is to have all of my shopping done by the end of this week if possible. Hopefully, I won’t have to venture out at all after Thanksgiving to shop. I like to get in and get out when I’m shopping. Now, sometimes I like a leisurely shopping trip where you can browse, but mostly I try to be as efficient as possible. That’s why I don’t like shopping during Christmas season on the weekends. Am I the only one who notices that people seem to shop in much larger, slower moving groups?

Anyway, I took advantage of a $10 coupon Bath & Body Works sent me to buy some things for my little sister Morgan. We also stopped in Kohl’s, Metropolitan Deluxe (a kitschy home store that apparently doesn’t have a web site yet), and Pottery Barn. And we noticed they’re opening a Cheesecake Factory at the mall soon. It looks like a cute place. It’s the 1st one in Charlotte so that will be neat to check out. We also have for the first time a See’s Candies booth. I hope the trend continues with cool stores moving into Charlotte. Now, if we can just get an IKEA…. Saturday night after work I found a couple of other presents at The Bag Lady including some cute Anne Taintor things. Since quite a few gift receivers read this blog I can’t go into detail.

Last night J and I went to dinner at Outback then watched the first Harry Potter to prep J for when we see the 2nd Harry Potter this weekend. He hadn’t seen the first one and didn’t want to be lost. Since this weekend was so busy it flew by. I can’t believe Thanksgiving is this week! It’s weird, last Thanksgiving seems like it was just a little while ago, but at the same time years ago. I can’t believe I’m saying things like that. I’m so old.