Extreme Christmas Shopping

Today was our annual "Shop the list in one day" Christmas shopping extravaganza.  This annual joyride began years ago by my brother-in-law and his wife when they ran out of time and did an all or nothing trip. Bill and I joined them just for the comedy involved with shopping a 4 kids Christmas list in one night and got hooked.  With 6 kids between us its become a fun filled evening.  The children live in fear of how their lists will be interpreted.  We like to take creative license, especially when it comes down to the wire.  We grab a bite to eat , compile the lists and possible stores based on what store is open the latest.  It always starts out in earnest and usually ends up with the four of us punchy with laughter making fun of everything in the store or everything on the kids lists or the kids or the salespeople or the store. But mostly the stuff in the stores.   Either way it's a win/win.

And this year was no exception.  Here were some of our more entertaining finds

 Push his tummy and his mouth made repeated "O"s while singing something completely unintelligible.  But looking eerily like a blowup midget that we once stumbled onto in a lovely New Orleans shoppery.  So it must be very versatile.  And portable. What is Santa thinking here?We spent 15 minutes just reading the tag lines .  Shake it.  Flick it. Pull it. Bop it.  .............Just let your imagination run wild here.     And this was in the toy section, no really.  I know I was shocked too.

Bumper McBones.  His friends were listed on the back of the box.  Zip McNutty. Senorita Scamps.      True Story.

Who is really in charge of all this marketing for children's toys?

The laughter got so out of hand we resorted to disguising ourselves.

I don't think anyone noticed.

 

I should note here that none of these items were actually on the Christmas lists. I'm not sure that's really why we go anymore.  At any rate I think the local Target has banned us from shopping there for awhile.  So next year we've decided to hire a limo driver with a fully stocked bar and be driven to the shops WE THOUGHT ABOUT BUYING FROM BUT DIDN'T, possibly closer to Tunica. I think we can get all the stuff  we really need thru Amazon.com anyway.