Merry Christmas????
I know it's kind of late right now, but I just got home from Christmas shopping with my parents about an hour to about two hours ago. All I can say is that it caused so much aggravation. By the time we got to the mall I wanted to bang my head up against the wall.
The first thing that happened, that went wrong was the fact that's really raining out. Usually I don't like to be in a really crowded place when it's raining, because a lot of people are afraid of driving and make me nervous when they don't know what they are doing. The biggest example of this that I have from today is the fact that my dad drives a Suburban, which is not too small, and he had a small car speed up towards him because they wanted the parking space. The best part is that my dad had already had his blinker on about a minute before the car even showed up. That was not such a great start for this whole day of shopping.........
Next stop; Target. I bought something for my brother's fiance and overall, I was pretty happy about that. My mom had gotten some stuff for my other brother and I was carrying for her. We got into line with my dad and all of a sudden we notice the woman in front of us. We were in an express lane and we had maybe nine items, and the woman in front of us had at least thirty things. I'm not trying to complain, but I thought it was ridiculous because she had no idea what she was keeping other people from doing as that moment instead of waiting in line. Someone could have been home with their kids or family, or doing something, instead of being there, waiting in line. My last stop of tonight though was the best; we went to Wawa.
My dad asked me if I would like a cup of coffee and since I love the stuff of course I agreed to it. There was a girl about my age (around 17) and she was short of money and had to go back to the car to get her money. She came back with three more singles and she already had a ten. The total amount came to thirteen dollars and change, so she forgot about the change. My dad didn't realize it, but he said he would have given her the dollar......... I think that's what Christmas should be about; giving, not receiving.
I know that sounds really corny and it is a use and over used cliche, but I believe it. My parents are always happy about what any of us gets them. They just are happy to get anything. It has been passed down to me as well. Ever since I learned how to write my parents have always told me to make a list of ten things that I wanted for Christmas, and if I went over that, number them from the ones I wanted the most to the least. Now that I'm getting older, I hate to ask for anything...... This year, I had such a tough time making a Christmas list. When I finally thought for about two hours straight I hit nine things and couldn't go any further. I really do enjoy shopping for other people though. I'm into giving more than receiving, because I love feeling good when a person opens up a gift and has such a smile that makes me feel good about myself. There's only a couple more days until Christmas and I hope that this vacation turns out to be a good one.
For those who celebrate Christmas: MERRY
CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!
For those who celebrate Hanukkah: HAPPY
HANUKKAH!!!!!!!
For all the others: HAPPY
HOLIDAYS!!!!!!!
The first thing that happened, that went wrong was the fact that's really raining out. Usually I don't like to be in a really crowded place when it's raining, because a lot of people are afraid of driving and make me nervous when they don't know what they are doing. The biggest example of this that I have from today is the fact that my dad drives a Suburban, which is not too small, and he had a small car speed up towards him because they wanted the parking space. The best part is that my dad had already had his blinker on about a minute before the car even showed up. That was not such a great start for this whole day of shopping.........
Next stop; Target. I bought something for my brother's fiance and overall, I was pretty happy about that. My mom had gotten some stuff for my other brother and I was carrying for her. We got into line with my dad and all of a sudden we notice the woman in front of us. We were in an express lane and we had maybe nine items, and the woman in front of us had at least thirty things. I'm not trying to complain, but I thought it was ridiculous because she had no idea what she was keeping other people from doing as that moment instead of waiting in line. Someone could have been home with their kids or family, or doing something, instead of being there, waiting in line. My last stop of tonight though was the best; we went to Wawa.
My dad asked me if I would like a cup of coffee and since I love the stuff of course I agreed to it. There was a girl about my age (around 17) and she was short of money and had to go back to the car to get her money. She came back with three more singles and she already had a ten. The total amount came to thirteen dollars and change, so she forgot about the change. My dad didn't realize it, but he said he would have given her the dollar......... I think that's what Christmas should be about; giving, not receiving.
I know that sounds really corny and it is a use and over used cliche, but I believe it. My parents are always happy about what any of us gets them. They just are happy to get anything. It has been passed down to me as well. Ever since I learned how to write my parents have always told me to make a list of ten things that I wanted for Christmas, and if I went over that, number them from the ones I wanted the most to the least. Now that I'm getting older, I hate to ask for anything...... This year, I had such a tough time making a Christmas list. When I finally thought for about two hours straight I hit nine things and couldn't go any further. I really do enjoy shopping for other people though. I'm into giving more than receiving, because I love feeling good when a person opens up a gift and has such a smile that makes me feel good about myself. There's only a couple more days until Christmas and I hope that this vacation turns out to be a good one.
For those who celebrate Christmas: MERRY
CHRISTMAS!!!!!!!!
For those who celebrate Hanukkah: HAPPY
HANUKKAH!!!!!!!
For all the others: HAPPY
HOLIDAYS!!!!!!!
Have a great winter vacation!!
posted by TR5Leann at
12:09 AM
1 Comments:
Hey Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too! This year actually marks the first time I actually went and bought stuff for friends and family, and I agree. Despite the pain in "$20. Debit Card. $20. Debit Card," I actually enjoy getting stuff for people for Christmas now.
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