Michael "Dog3" Lonergan wrote:
> Terry Pulliam Burd > dropped this turd
> : in rec.food.cooking
>
>>
>> If all my Christmas shopping isn't done before Thanksgiving (and it
>> almost always is), the rest of my shopping gets done on the internet.
>> I'm not stepping foot in a brick and mortar store from the day after
>> Thanksgiving to the 2nd of January.
>>
>> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>
> I'm with you Terry. MOST of my Christmas shopping is done by the
> middle of September. I like to spend the end of September, all of
> October and weather permitting, all of November in my garden. I do
> about 50% or more of our Xmas shopping online. Unless I want
> something special for someone, I just hand Steven a list of gift
> cards to go out and buy gift cards at the various stores. He usually
> goes with a couple of our friends and winds up getting loaded during
> a late lunch at Schneidhorsts. He calls me to drive them all home.
> That's become a tradition for him and I like him to do it. It's nice
> when he unwinds. Steven seldom drinks much so 2 glasses of wine and
> he's plastered
>
> Michael <- used to be able to drink everyone under the table except
> Jill and Margaret

LOL! Hey, you've never met me so how do you know? I had a birthday last
week and didn't even buy any wine! Got lots of kitty toys for Persia,
though

Jill