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TOYS R US

This is going to be a very short blog because (like many of you, I would guess), I have some last-minute shopping to do.  I’ve actually done almost everything, except for the two most important: my children’s “big” gift.  We don’t do electronic games, so thankfully I have that rule to assuage my guilt over not getting my son a Wii.  But teenage boys are very difficult!  Do I try to be Educational? (Honesty forces me to admit that he specified: No Books).  Musical?  (I’m considering a guitar—hey, he has long hair maybe he can be the next Rolling Stone and support us in our old age).  Fun?  (what is fun for a tween?).

And then my daughter!  Her letter to Santa only asks for two things.  Fairy Dust (she asked for this last year, and Santa didn’t come through, but she’s still holding out hope) and a baby who: drinks, pees, and says Mama and Daddy.  I made an initial foray yesterday and unless I buy some sort of robot doll I’m in serious trouble!

So wish me luck!  I’m off into the crowds, the tinny music, the smell of peppermint, the crunchy noise of wrapping paper…

What have you got left to buy?  Let’s check in with each other and commiserate!