A bit of a glitch in the holiday shopping for me
And the thing that gets me about it is that I can be a generally pleasant person. Chatty and personable, even. You know, given the right amount of coffee, sleep, and time to myself - I’m very nearly charming.
In the last two weeks I have set off several times with the greatest intent to complete some of my Christmas shopping. Only to find myself returning from my little jaunt empty handed and quite deflated about the whole holiday season.
It’s not because I couldn’t find what I was looking for, or didn’t stumble across some little treasure that I just knew was perfect for someone on my list. It’s not because of rude shoppers, rude store clerks, and other sort of rudeness. I didn’t miss a great sale and had to pass up something because it was out of my budget. It’s not traffic or parking or anything like that.
No. None of those things at all. I will tell you what has been happening each and every time.
I get as far as the parking lot. That’s it. Not that there aren’t any spots to park, it’s just I take one look at all the cars in the lot and then imagine how many people each car brought. All those people, either milling about aimlessly or furiously shopping and taking prisoners along the way. And that, it seems, is all it takes for me to drive to the nearest exit and completely skip the shopping purpose of my outings.
How’s your shopping going??
