Panic BuyingIt's the last shopping day before the whole country shuts down for christmas. You've been looking all over for something, anything, to buy your favourite person. Something that says you care, that makes them see you in a new light.
Well, something that won't make them punch you would do. My brother-in-law once bought his wife a bin for her birthday - it was a very nice bin, but boy was he in the crud for days.
What have you bought in sheer panic and desperation? Go on, you know you do it every year.
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chthonic, Fri 23 Dec 2005, 15:10)
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The hell of working til 8 on Christmas Eve.About 4 years ago I was working in Marks and Spencer - evil place - and took full advantage of their treble time pay on Christmas Eve. It got to 4 and I realised I'd completely forgotten to buy any presents. I didn't have time to do a mad dash around the shop on my break (all of 10 minutes) and was going to a party straight from work, so I had to rely on the staff shop for my present-buying needs.
My family/friends received the following:
Mum - tights and some biscuits.
Dad - an ashtray that looked like a petrie dish. He doesn't smoke.
Sisters - a box of christmas cards to share and some more biscuits.
Everyone else - biscuits.
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Fictional Emma, Tue 27 Dec 2005, 17:32,
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