Christmas Recap: The Shopping Adventure
Last year I told y'all how I go about my Christmas shopping so I'm not going to rehash it. But the crappy thing was that The Christmas Story wasn't going to be on until Christmas Eve, so I had to make some concessions. (And buying or renting the DVD is cheating so that was not an option.)
As far as what I gave to the little kiddies most of the girls got clothes from Children's Place, which I was commended on the selection. But there is still the underlying doubt between some of the women that I have some sort of secret shopper that I pay to pick out the actual clothes. Which I have denied time and time again. BUT! This time I had proof!
Here's the lowdown:
I went out shopping on Saturday the 22nd, I was planning on going to Oak Park Mall and hitting the JCPenny's for Zach's gift, which was a Chiefs helmet and full uniform sans the pads. He's 5 and already playing flag football. Any way I snagged the last one that was on the shelf. Which was pretty sweet and put me in to the Christmas shopping mood.
Here's the video of him opening it. SIS is working the camera and her voice is loudest.
Here's a couple of picks of him all decked out. Yes, he knows the Chiefs are lousy this year. But he is not a fair weather fan. Plus it's better than him rooting for the Raiders.
Anyway, as I was in the Children's Palace at Oak Park Mall, picking out the outfits for the rest of the girls. I hear someone yell "ZACH, GET OVER HERE RIGHT NOW!" I say to myself "Self, that voice sounds familiar?" I turn around and it's The Sis with her two kids Nicole and Zach in tow. I yell "Hey lady can't you control those rambunctious kids?" I shout across the crowded store. "HEY, DARREN!" She shouts. Then Nicole comes over and says very sternly "Hey, Uncle The D your not supposed to be here! What are you doing here?" We then all exchanged hello's and all that stuff. I was kind of worried because I had Zach's gift right there at my feet in the Penny's bag! But he never noticed. I then showed SiS what I had picked out for Sophia, Izzy, and Audrey, and she approved of all the selections. So that should put to rest all of the rumors about me having a "secret shopper". My sis caught me red handed picking out the clothes myself. It was a total random meeting especially because she starts her Christmas shopping really early, like July or some shit.
I then went over to Target and bought a MP3 player for Nicole. This is her opening it.
It's a High School Musical MPS player. And she is very excited to have it!
Then I went to Best Buy to get a Gift Card for Sis husband "The Coach" ( he used to coach high school sports, mostly basketball). All in all it was a great day to be out shopping because of the show and it only took me 2 hours, from start to finish!
But my VERY pregnant pal Lonnie did all of the wrapping for me.
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