As I write this, it's a week before Christmas. RQS now has 2 boxes she can open on Christmas, and I can relax a little before the holiday. Given that she knows about her big gift (a cruise), I felt that she should have something small to open on Christmas as well.
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I didn't start getting ready to go out until 4:30 pm. Once I was ready, I went out to the car and started driving to Walmart. But before I was out of the driveway, my brother called to shoot the breeze. He opened up a little about his home situation, and then we chatted about the family homestead. Once at Walmart, I took a detour to Best Buy to see if they had a webcam I could use as a replacement.
My back was hurting a little as I entered the store, and proceeded to the computer accessories area. (I was smart enough to be using my cane tonight.) Five minutes later, I went to the check out area to pay for the webcam. And that's when things went South. One would expect a busy store with slightly less than a week to go before the holiday - but it was almost empty. There were only two people tending the cash registers, and neither of them were doing anything fast. One of the attendants were handling a return that was taking forever. (I couldn't hear much, but if I did, I didn't understand their language.) The other attendant couldn't feed a new roll of paper into the receipt printing machine. Ten minutes later, I was almost ready to give up on the purchase and go to Walmart. But then, a register opened up, and I was finally able to leave the store.
Next, I took a drive and ended up at Trader Joe's. $60 later, I was out the door with the food I'd need this weekend. At least, I won't have to go food shopping when RQS arrives tomorrow....
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