hey, shrift! Will you do Christmas shopping for me too?
Well, if we followed the recipe...should be cake. A demon-violence-free-zone cake.
Lorne ,'Why We Fight'
Natter 48 Contiguous States of Denial
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kat - Dec 19, 2006 6:15:33 pm PST #7060 of 10007
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
shrift - Dec 19, 2006 6:17:26 pm PST #7061 of 10007
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Depends, Kat. Will people think you suck if you get them nothing but gift cards? So far only my mother has an actual present to open.
§ ita § - Dec 19, 2006 6:19:54 pm PST #7062 of 10007
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I still have stuff to get for my family. iPod, sports bras, men's underwear.
Not Christmas gifts, just part of the standard "going back to Jamaica" stuff. It means at least one trip to the mall, and either an Apple store or Fry's. Why the fuck didn't I do this on the internet? Maybe when I'm out I'll get inspiration for that one gift instead of a headache.
I've been napping fitfully so far this evening. I gotta get up to hydrate (colds suck) and check my voicemail. Suddenly the apartment is too big.
Kat, I second your emotion. Both of them--the crappiness and the shrift shopping.
Who are OKGO?
sarameg - Dec 19, 2006 6:20:16 pm PST #7063 of 10007
My brother is pro-gift cards. Though he's taken care of (sans gift cards this year) wanna get him next year, shrift? (hee, shrift the Santa of GCs.)
shrift - Dec 19, 2006 6:28:21 pm PST #7064 of 10007
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Dude, you guys! The grocery store and drug store have tons of gift cards for other places! Home Depot, iTunes, Macy's, local food chains, JC Penney, Visa and Mastercard check cards that are like cash!
So far today I have done my Christmas shopping at Walgreens on my lunch break, and at the grocery store while I was picking up cat food and light bulbs.
For my mom and sister I will probably get physical gifts, if only because they're big into Christmas and don't ask for things like drill bit sharpeners.
Kat - Dec 19, 2006 6:29:58 pm PST #7065 of 10007
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Will people think you suck if you get them nothing but gift cards?
HA! are you kidding! people would LOVE for me to give them gift cards. Actually I just need to get something for my bro and his wife. Which will be a gift card.
Shrift of the Santa Gift Cards would be AWESOME. I'd pay to watch that every year around thanksgiving.
sarameg - Dec 19, 2006 6:30:09 pm PST #7066 of 10007
But I don't even want to go to a store and pick!
Kat - Dec 19, 2006 6:33:07 pm PST #7067 of 10007
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Shrift, the thought of getting to the grocery store or to the drugstore is overwhelming.
The stores I've been to over the past week include only Ann Taylor (return) and Staples. Neither of which are appropriate gift certificate stuff for my brother and SIL.
Kat - Dec 19, 2006 6:33:45 pm PST #7068 of 10007
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
But I don't even want to go to a store and pick!
MWAH! I love sarameg.
Sarameg, what do I get for your parents for christmas?
§ ita § - Dec 19, 2006 6:33:50 pm PST #7069 of 10007
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Gift cards would be marvellous, especially on the packing front. Just not...international enough for me.
Hmm. Appears I shouldn't necessarily have gotten out of bed.