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shelflifers
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 Posted: 11/18/02 - 12:54 Post subject: Christmas Strategy shopping
How do you cope? I FREAKIN HATE Christmas shopping. I'm using the word 'hate' here, people.
How do you do it? Can you get it done in one outing? Do you give up and wrap up your pets for presents?
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cherylpf
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Posted: 11/18/02 - 12:55 Post subject:
I'm with you, I hate it.
Shop online, its the only way. And I don't care how much you need toilet paper, whatever you do DONT go to Wal-mart until well into January.... 
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shelflifers
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Posted: 11/18/02 - 13:00 Post subject:
| cherylpf wrote: | I'm with you, I hate it.
Shop online, its the only way. And I don't care how much you need toilet paper, whatever you do DONT go to Wal-mart until well into January.... |
I can assure you that I won't go to Walmart...EVAH! 
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purple hayes
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Posted: 11/18/02 - 13:03 Post subject:
Can you put a dollar amount on the hate? 
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shelflifers
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Posted: 11/18/02 - 13:04 Post subject:
| purple hayes wrote: | | Can you put a dollar amount on the hate? |
$273.45, Mr. memory!
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pokychick
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Posted: 11/18/02 - 13:05 Post subject:
Ok I admit it. I love Christmas. I love Christmas shopping.
I like buying the presents. I like receiving the presents. I like baking Christmas cookies. I like decorating the house. I love how
excited the children are. I like the hustle and bustle of the stores
and seeing everything decorated. I can't wait to take my 3 yr old
to see Santa Claus. She told me this year she won't cry.
I like visiting all the family well most of them
poky
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TriBob
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Posted: 11/18/02 - 13:07 Post subject:
Internet all the way 
I try not to step foot in a retail store between Thanksgiving and New Years unless absolutely necessary.
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akern
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Posted: 11/18/02 - 13:09 Post subject:
| TriBob wrote: | Internet all the way
I try not to step foot in a retail store between Thanksgiving and New Years unless absolutely necessary. |
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Screw all that!
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shelflifers
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Posted: 11/18/02 - 13:16 Post subject:
Ya see, what sucks with my job is that I have some dealers who sell out of the mall so, like it or not, I have to spend a good chunk of time in there...So, to me, the mall is kinda like my 3rd office. That's why I hate going there on my freetime. We're gonna try to internet it as much as possible this year...
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purple hayes
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Posted: 11/18/02 - 13:17 Post subject:
Online shopping at Wal-Mart all the way!
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runswithscissors
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Posted: 11/18/02 - 13:22 Post subject:
| pokychick wrote: | Ok I admit it. I love Christmas. I like buying the presents. I like receiving the presents. I like baking Christmas cookies. I like decorating the house. I love how
excited the children are. I like the hustle and bustle of the stores
I like visiting all the family
poky |
A big green 1 and a big red 1 on these points.
I do my shopping online, but I enjoy going to the mall just to people watch. They are at their fubbiest when it is so busy.
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shelflifers
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Posted: 11/18/02 - 13:26 Post subject:
| runswithscissors wrote: |
I do my shopping online, but I enjoy going to the mall just to people watch. They are at their fubbiest when it is so busy. |
I've learned to be 'proactive' when it comes to making them fubby. For instance, trip wires, dollar bill bait on fishpoles, stinkbombs, and cattle prods bring the best out of frantic shoppers....
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Cappy
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Posted: 11/18/02 - 13:54 Post subject:
Internet as much as possible, but I can usually get everything done in one trip. Only really go to the mall so the kids can see Santa.
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Orange Bubble
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Posted: 11/18/02 - 14:05 Post subject:
Mall crowds don't bother me at all. Long lines don't deter me from shopping, either. I feed off of the energy and festivities. I love Christmas and buying gifts for my family, but if I can find it online I'll buy it there instead.
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shelflifers
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Posted: 11/18/02 - 14:09 Post subject:
| Orange Bubble wrote: | | Mall crowds don't bother me at all. Long lines don't deter me from shopping, either. I feed off of the energy and festivities. I love Christmas and buying gifts for my family, but if I can find it online I'll buy it there instead. |
If you were a zombie, you could do this literally 
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