I feel the Christmas noose tightening...

Saturday after Thanksgiving...enjoying the 4 day weekend from work, but not enjoying the fact that Christmas is just 4 weeks away and I haven't even begun Christmas shopping! Not that the shopping is difficult...Hell, the last decade or so it's been gift cards for the most part (those kids never give you a solid answer when you ask what they want...it's always "I don't know"). If you don't know...you're getting a gift card!!!! What's frightening is that when they do know, it's always something that is extravagantly expensive and unreasonable. Yeah, I'll go out and get a second job so I can buy you an X-box or whatever. Just say you want a specific CD or DVD or whatever that doesn't cost 3 day's pay...otherwise, it's a gift card and you'll like it!!!