Happy National Mallrat Day!!!

How many of you got up in the middle of the night to hit some sales?  

I applaud you.

I used to be able to do it, and now, it's just not fun for me anymore.  I love to shop, don't get me wrong.  I drove about 60 miles round trip today, and hit 5 yarn stores.  And believe me, that was an adventure, since alot of it was spent in Berkeley and Oakland, which might as well be Venus and Jupiter, because the people you encounter in those areas are hard core tree huggin' Californians.  I feared they would detect my Texas accent and subject me to a breathalyzer to see how much fried food I've eaten...then shoot me on site when they discovered the smell of a fast-food burger from a mega-corporation notoriously ruining the planet.  I digress...but suffice to say I did manage to blend in well with the crunchies and Lesbians at the yarn shops.  I was my usual charming self.

So, back to Black Friday...here are the stories I've heard so far...my step sisters in Texas City got up at 3:00 am, to make it to Wal-Mart by 4:00 am, only to find they had evacuated the store due to a fist fight.  Hello?  It's Texas.  They use metal detectors at nursery school.  So, she skipped and went to Target and hit another Wal-Mart at around 5:45 am.  OMG.  

Darling Dee Dee got up and hit the mall as well.  To be honest, I guess if I had kids and tons of relatives to buy for, I'd probably do it too.  But I work at a video game company, so everyone gets video games, whether they like it or not.  I am always tempted to sneak my nephew a sketchy game because his mom is such a tight ass.  I was going to buy them a Wii and she said NO, they spend too much time on computer.  Wait until they are 18 and I tell them that story.  Ha ha.  I have been asked to purchase 2 copies of MySims Kingdom for them, so they don't fight over it.  What is wrong with these nuts?  If they would agree to share, they could get 2 fun games, but they can't manage to share.  They despise each other I think.  Funny thing is they mirror my husband and his sister (the mom).  She's a tight ass, so is her daughter...and our nephew is a mini-me to my hubby.  So cute.  We should just adopt him, and let him live with us.  Except he yaps too much, as does my hub, and my ears would start bleeding with the 2 of them around.  Ugh.

I heard a story from a friend...we were talking about how most families fight at Thanksgiving, yet it's the biggest get together holiday of the year.  Pure guilt drives people to spend huge $$$ and hours on the road and the airports to get somewhere that they are ready to get the hell out of, 2 hours after arrival.  Everyone is striving to regain the idyllic childhood moments of happiness, only to find that everyone has turned bitter and judgemental and every comment is laced with sarcasm, racism or just plain ignorance...atleast most of those I hear about...

My friend's neighbor said the grandma is starting to have dementia, memory fading fast, and she kept calling her grandson "Mike", which happens to be the dog's name.  Very funny.  And then she kept yelling at another grandson, angry because he dyed his hair.  Well, the dude had blonde hair when he was 10, but as he is now late 20's his hair has darkened, as it tends to do with age.  She drove him insane, asking him why he did it?, and telling him to change it back.  

We called my hubs gma.  Also losing her memory, because she's 91.  She told us that her grandson had come to visit and brought a surprise.  We asked her what?  She said, "He had a real nice lady with him, so I guess he has a new girlfriend."  OMG, that was his WIFE of 10 years!  LOL.  Gma also went on to tell us the lady had 3 kids, and she supposed they were nice, because they really didn't get into too much.  (Those are her 3 great-grandkids.)  It's sad, but you can't help but laugh.  I felt so awful...should I correct or, or just play along with the charade.  Well, I don't believe in lying, and I just couldn't keep my mouth shut.  I said "Grandma, that's his wife and kids...he's married to her."  And she got so pissed off.  "Oh my, WHY DIDN'T ANYONE TELL ME HE GOT MARRIED...WHY DOES EVERYONE KEEP EVERYTHING A SECRET."  LOL.  I swear to god, how could I have unleashed that can of worms?  It was easy to change the subject though, all I had to do was ask her if it had rained.  That sends her into atleast a 10 minute tirade about all the dust and dead roses in the garden.    Poor thing.  

So, I hope you all had a fun Thanksgiving and a good shopping day.  I think I am going to partake in Cyber Monday.  

7 days and counting until my bday.  Whoo Hoo!  I don't give a rat's butt how old I am...I still celebrate December 5 like I am 7 years old.  My husband buys me cards and a present and I get to eat out, and I get cupcakes and it's the best day of the year.

Can't wait to tell you all about it.  

xoxo,

coleyb