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seabeyond

(110,159 posts) Sun Dec 22, 2013, 06:41 PM Dec 2013

i am not woman, hear me wimper. i must be a man. lol

i fail. i totally fail at shopping. i never have been able to shop. and still to this day i fail at shopping. i went out. i looked, and looked, and looked. and looked some more. failure. totally. failed.

two more days....

X swore i could do it. i am woman. it is biological.

my mom was gooood. she could always pick out the most creative and fun and wanted presents. me? not so much. just let me go to the convenience store the 24th.

sigh

two more days. i can do this.

i did come home and make a yummy apple tortilla for dessert. so maybe half woman.

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i am not woman, hear me wimper. i must be a man. lol (Original Post) seabeyond Dec 2013 OP

Gift certificates always fit, and they are always the perfect color! Squinch Dec 2013 #1

ya... but i have to have presents under the tree. i might resort to that, so the boys get seabeyond Dec 2013 #2

Gift certificates wrapped in really big boxes? Squinch Dec 2013 #3

that is an absolute. yea... my youngest want some shirts. cool. he is starting to look for his seabeyond Dec 2013 #6

i think this is it. abso fuckin' lutely. cool. done. lol. thanks. nt seabeyond Dec 2013 #13

. Squinch Dec 2013 #17

Mmmm. Apple tortilla... xulamaude Dec 2013 #4

ahhhh. i started BEFORE you by about a glass and a half. yes. that is the seabeyond Dec 2013 #7

Our kid got over the presents under the tree thing xulamaude Dec 2013 #11

good mama. sincerely. nt seabeyond Dec 2013 #12

Ha! Same here. redqueen Dec 2013 #5

woman... i expected SOOO much from you. you disappoint. but, also make me feel better. seabeyond Dec 2013 #8

Ha yeah, I got out but I didn't ger much... redqueen Dec 2013 #20

i got a couple books. and a comedy movie for each boy. i like the suggestion gift certificates and seabeyond Dec 2013 #22

Don't you still ask for wish lists? KitSileya Dec 2013 #19

Oh yeah, I ask. redqueen Dec 2013 #21

actually, i was proud of youngest. he actually told me two this year. and oldest,.... seabeyond Dec 2013 #23

That's why I start shopping early Sea BainsBane Dec 2013 #9

oh, woman. you are absolutely correct. that is the RIGHT way to do it. as i start telling seabeyond Dec 2013 #10

I am a woman. I swear to you that shopping is comparable to the cave man hunting mastodon PDJane Dec 2013 #14

ahhh, pdjane, how fun are you. seabeyond Dec 2013 #15

I fail at shopping, makeup, and wearing high heels Warpy Dec 2013 #16

then, how can we be women. we fail at women. oh noes11!!111!11!!! seabeyond Dec 2013 #18

Squinch

(53,689 posts)

1. Gift certificates always fit, and they are always the perfect color!

Reply to seabeyond (Original post)

Sun Dec 22, 2013, 06:44 PM

Dec 2013

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)

2. ya... but i have to have presents under the tree. i might resort to that, so the boys get

Reply to Squinch (Reply #1)

Sun Dec 22, 2013, 06:47 PM

Dec 2013

what they want. i really do fail. lol

thanks. option.

Squinch

(53,689 posts)

3. Gift certificates wrapped in really big boxes?

Reply to seabeyond (Reply #2)

Sun Dec 22, 2013, 06:49 PM

Dec 2013

I'm trying, but I'm not very good at it either!

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)

6. that is an absolute. yea... my youngest want some shirts. cool. he is starting to look for his

Reply to Squinch (Reply #3)

Sun Dec 22, 2013, 06:56 PM

Dec 2013

own tastes. that is perfect. dillard cards. yes.... lol

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)

13. i think this is it. abso fuckin' lutely. cool. done. lol. thanks. nt

Reply to Squinch (Reply #3)

Sun Dec 22, 2013, 07:16 PM

Dec 2013

Squinch

(53,689 posts)

17. .

Reply to seabeyond (Reply #13)

Sun Dec 22, 2013, 07:43 PM

Dec 2013

xulamaude

(847 posts)

4. Mmmm. Apple tortilla...

Reply to seabeyond (Original post)

Sun Dec 22, 2013, 06:49 PM

Dec 2013

Around here we get what we need (and want) when we need or want them and contribute likewise to our friends' lives throughout the year.

We're having our solstice meal tonight starting off with a nice dry sparkling wine in about 15 minutes!

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)

7. ahhhh. i started BEFORE you by about a glass and a half. yes. that is the

Reply to xulamaude (Reply #4)

Sun Dec 22, 2013, 06:57 PM

Dec 2013

way i am more likely to do. and without kids, i would be more into that. sounds great. X, have a blast

xulamaude

(847 posts)

11. Our kid got over the presents under the tree thing

Reply to seabeyond (Reply #7)

Sun Dec 22, 2013, 07:12 PM

Dec 2013

a long time ago.

Although the Solstice Fairy did drop a bag of little fun goodies on her yesterday. There was squee!

The wine is nice

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)

12. good mama. sincerely. nt

Reply to xulamaude (Reply #11)

Sun Dec 22, 2013, 07:15 PM

Dec 2013

redqueen

(115,177 posts)

5. Ha! Same here.

Reply to seabeyond (Original post)

Sun Dec 22, 2013, 06:52 PM

Dec 2013

Why can't they keep writing letters to Santa? It was so much easier then.

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)

8. woman... i expected SOOO much from you. you disappoint. but, also make me feel better.

Reply to redqueen (Reply #5)

Sun Dec 22, 2013, 06:58 PM

Dec 2013

did you get out of the house? lol.

good for you. and ya. those santa lists were great.

redqueen

(115,177 posts)

20. Ha yeah, I got out but I didn't ger much...

Reply to seabeyond (Reply #8)

Mon Dec 23, 2013, 01:44 AM

Dec 2013

some stocking stuffers, that's it. Bah humbug!

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)

22. i got a couple books. and a comedy movie for each boy. i like the suggestion gift certificates and

Reply to redqueen (Reply #20)

Mon Dec 23, 2013, 02:35 AM

Dec 2013

wrap in a box under tree. dillards.

KitSileya

(4,035 posts)

19. Don't you still ask for wish lists?

Reply to redqueen (Reply #5)

Mon Dec 23, 2013, 12:38 AM

Dec 2013

That's what we do in my family. My mom will ask, what do you want for Christmas, and we'll all think of some things. The other adult members of the family ask each other as well, which is why my brother will be getting the last two books in the Dune series for Christmas, and my mom will be getting a facial cream.

Even before birthdays, we ask each other what we want.

redqueen

(115,177 posts)

21. Oh yeah, I ask.

Reply to KitSileya (Reply #19)

Mon Dec 23, 2013, 01:46 AM

Dec 2013

And they won't commit to writing anything down cause they're as indecisive as I am

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)

23. actually, i was proud of youngest. he actually told me two this year. and oldest,....

Reply to KitSileya (Reply #19)

Mon Dec 23, 2013, 02:40 AM

Dec 2013

he started naming things off. iron, lol, french press.

just a some little ones, though.

BainsBane

(55,318 posts)

9. That's why I start shopping early Sea

Reply to seabeyond (Original post)

Sun Dec 22, 2013, 07:01 PM

Dec 2013

It's too much to handle all at once.

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)

10. oh, woman. you are absolutely correct. that is the RIGHT way to do it. as i start telling

Reply to BainsBane (Reply #9)

Sun Dec 22, 2013, 07:05 PM

Dec 2013

myself in sept. i simply am not that good. EVERYTHING in life must be the last minute. or where is the challenge of fail/success. lol. i inspire to be you, i admire and look in awe. and i inevitably... fail. but, it is cool. this is my battle to endure every year. and then there is tomorrow.

next year. i promise.

PDJane

(10,103 posts)

14. I am a woman. I swear to you that shopping is comparable to the cave man hunting mastodon

Reply to seabeyond (Original post)

Sun Dec 22, 2013, 07:31 PM

Dec 2013

with a club. It is a survival of the fittest exercise, I swear it. If I can't go in, get what I've planned to get and get out, it screws with my entire day.

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)

15. ahhh, pdjane, how fun are you.

Reply to PDJane (Reply #14)

Sun Dec 22, 2013, 07:36 PM

Dec 2013

so so with you on this. my hubby? shopper. me, not....

Warpy

(113,131 posts)

16. I fail at shopping, makeup, and wearing high heels

Reply to seabeyond (Original post)

Sun Dec 22, 2013, 07:41 PM

Dec 2013

However, I manage to maintain a reputation as a good cook.

I'll take the food over all that girly stuff I fail at. Food loves you back. Shoes, makeup and department stores don't.

seabeyond

(110,159 posts)

18. then, how can we be women. we fail at women. oh noes11!!111!11!!!

Reply to Warpy (Reply #16)

Sun Dec 22, 2013, 07:45 PM

Dec 2013

love ya woman. though we hardly, sometimes, agree.

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