Today is Tuesday… the Tuesday after Cyber Monday and Black Friday. It doesn’t have a name, but I think it should. Maybe they could call it Recovery Tuesday. That seems more appropriate. I am sore, tired, broke, and I have a cold. Everybody says that this is supposed to be such a wonderful time of the year, but I’m not convinced. Christmas shopping isn’t like it used to be. Whenever I was a child and I used to imagine Christmas shopping, I would picture a nice family in a cozy department store with smiles on their faces getting excited and holding up a sweater and saying, “So-and-so would love this!” That’s not how the real world is though. Real Christmas shopping on black Friday goes like this. You walk into best buy, and have to squeeze through the massive crowd of people all trying to buy cell phones for themselves. You finally find the item that your nephew asked for, and it’s over 100 dollars. You push your way back through the crowd of people shopping for themselves, get sneezed on, and catch a cold by the weekend.
As much as I love complaining, I do want to admit that after I got out of best buy my day improved a lot. I actually had fun shopping and was in a pleasant mood. One of the big reason that, despite the cold, I look back and consider my black Friday shopping a success is because I was able to find gifts for people on my list that are usually very difficult to shop for. I wanted to share these success stories with you. Dad My father is a person who likes nice things. I’m sure you have somebody like this in your family and can relate. Every time I find something at a department store that I think he will like, a little voice inside of my head whispers “he’s not going to like it”. This year I tried something new. I got the siblings together and we all pitched in for a portable hot tub. This was a major purchase so I did my research ahead of time by reading reviews of the best portable hot tubs. Once I identified one I liked, I pulled the trigger. I think an inflatable hot tub is going to be a great gift for him because he will actually use it. The nice thing is that if he winds up not needing it, he has the ability to easily pack it away, too. Nephew My nephew is a tech guy. He’s a kid who is fascinated with computers and expensive things. I thought of something pretty creative for him this year. This year, I registered a domain name for him. He has a unique name, so his full name dot com was available. Registration was only 12 dollars for the year and he has the ability to play around with it and learn a little about the web. I thought that was a great gift because it allowed me to affordably get him a technology related gift, while not breaking my budget. Conclusion Ignore all of my griping in the beginning. The holiday season is the best time of year because you get to think about ways to make other people smile. Even if you don’t find the perfect gift, don’t stress out. Remember that the best part of Christmas isn’t the gifts, but rather the quality time you get to spend with your family. Maybe the gifts that were successes for me can be successes for you as well. If not, hopefully they at least got you thinking about new ideas that you didn’t consider before. Best of luck shopping!
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My about page is weak, so I wanted to expand a little bit about who I am. I probably should update that page, and I will most likely at some point, but not today.
My name is Kenny. I'm not going to tell you my last name because they you could look me up in the yellow pages and come to my house and tell me all about how you don't agree with my Game of Thrones theories. I'm sure I'll have links to my social media sites at some point so it this will all be moot. With one additional click you're going to be able to figure out my last name. As you can see, I like to ramble. Once I get going on some tangent I often stay on it for a while. I expect that a lot of this blog will be rambling. You can just skip over those parts and focus on the good content. Have you ever read House of Leaves? Great Book! If you have then, you know how to skip over rambling and stay focused on the important themes. Anyway, back to me. I live outside of Philly, and I am a big Philly sports fan. The Eagles are going to win the Superbowl this year. I'm gonna write a post on why I think that is true. I should do that now. Nah, I'll do it later. Like I said, I'm a Game of Thrones fan. I'm also a big movie/TV show fan in general. I'll blog about my favorite movies and plot holes and complain about actors I don't like, etc. Should be fun. I don't really see a purpose to this blog, which is perfect. It means that I have the freedom to just dump misguided thoughts onto paper and roll with it. Hope you enjoy! |
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