11/26/2005
The closet ate my wallet
American Soldier says,
So no shit there I was. In the middle of Target and all around me were carriages zooming in and out of the aisles. My wife and I swerved to the left and to the right. Adding stock to the carriage, from shelf to shelf. Oh my I exclaimed! The wheels were a buckling but that did not stop us. I was drawn in to the XBOX 360 on display. My wife dragged me away and we continued onward to the next stop. Toys oh toys did we buy. I can’t forget the Family Guy season 1, 2 & 3 for me. Cars and trucks and Cabbage Patch baby’s for my darling daughter. Holy moly, look at that carriage. So full, literally toys falling off the top and bottom. All around the eyes were a looking. We just chuckled and slowly crept towards the register. A new person, oh great I thought. I hope she doesn’t ring in a toy more than once. $100….$200….$300 and so on the tally rose. I look to my wife and she gave me that crooked smile. I just shruged it off and thought my gosh, I wish I were a kid again. Oh no, she scanned an item twice, and oh my god the price! She fixes the tally but yet it makes no difference, another toy is scanned and it rises some more. Finally we are done and now the carriage(s) are aimed towards the car. Will they all fit my wife asks? Being the man that I am, says of course baby, have no fear. I think to myself oh crap how is this all going in there? We finally arrive at the car and place the bags in the trunk like a game of Tetris. Oh yeah, they all fit! I stand proud.
The car strains as we drive away. We have to stop and get a drink. We laugh and share stories as we sit in our favorite restaurant. Playing footsies and taking it all in. The rest I will leave for my own memories on that cold and expensive night.
We finally arrive home and bring the gifts to our room and spread them out. Looking at each and thinking how much they will love their gifts. We sort them in bags and put them in the closet. That’s how the closet ate my wallet!
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Thank you AS for sharing that story. It’s actually pretty comical. You reminded me of my dad with the whole “no fear dear, it will all fit” only he would say “i’ll make it fit!” It also brought back memories of when my daughter was younger, waking me up early on Christmas morning with the look of excitment on her face knowing that Santa had come to leave her goodies. These days it’s me waking up the teenager who refuses to get out of bed for anything and me being the excited one. I love this time of year with the trimming of the tree, the family get togethers all the lights and family traditions.
And the black friday sales! Wowza! I normally have to work them, deal with all the people who seem to pull out their body armor to plow through the rest inorder to get their items. It’s usually a fun day for me full of laughs since they crack me up with how they act. But for the first time since I could remember, I was able to actually be one of them! It was great to switch rolls just for one day.
Hope your family has the merriest of holidays AS and God Bless.
LOL I’ll do my shopping when I get my Christmas bonus…uh…on christmas eve…ugh.
LOL
All I can say is this why I do all my shopping onling!!
oops… online… that’s why I can’t shop online… too many mistakes can happen and I can’t take them back!
LOL! Pamela, I can relate!
AS,
That’s great!! Just enjoy your kids while they are little and still at home even though they make your wallet thinner! They grow up so fast. Oops! I just told my age Hee! Mine are grown of course!!
Good that you and Mrs. AS can share all these things together!
I love this time of the year, though my sons are all of different ages. I can get one things for his own house this year as he swears he will be out soon. Along with a gift cert to Home Depot. I can get another any eletronic gadget and jeans and he is happy. Then I can get my youngest games and pre K items and he is happy as a lark. I bought him twister so we can have fun. He will get Sponge Bob Ants in the Pants, and a Furby. Ya know he is the one you can buy for and buy for cuse the items are cheep.
I enjoy seeing the faces on Christmas Morn as they are tired yet excited.
Now AS, how come as I read this I thought of you holding a pipe, sitting in a chair with a blanket wrapped around your legs. With a plate of cookies and a side of milk?
Oh my ~ we just got back from our annual Thanksgiving weekend visiting in laws in So. Cal. Let’s just say the Volvo was groaning under the weight of PRESENTS!!!! We now have some little ones in the family so we spent alot of time in toy stores!! I’ve missed buying toys since my Baby Girl is taller than me now and has been for awhile. It’s the best!! Great story!
Funny, my Man went out and came back with all the Family Guy’s for himself too….
ALa,
Ever since I watched the episode with the Ipecac, I was hooked. The shows will probably tie me over up until Kuwait.
I walked into a Target store on Veterans Day and asked if they had a sale? The person at the service desk responded with a No! I took a step back maintained my self-control and state after all the support the United States Military has provided France they do not honor the US veterans!!!! Next I asked if they had store maps to help out people that suffer from personality disorders (becuase they will not ask for help) and I got another NO! I then responded that Target should provide better sevices for former Military Members and provide store maps for people who wonder around the store looking for items they cannot find!
I also visited Wal Mart and made the same suggestions and a Manager wrote down the information!
10 days latter I recieved a No Trespass Notice from Target for a year. I am calling for A BS Flag!!!!
Great post! I’m glad you still have your sense of humor! Enjoy the season–make great memories!
nice man that was awesome
Ah yes…. The Morning After.
I was one of the idiots at the mall at 5am, but I did get some great deals before I had to be at work at 8am. Got off at 1pm, ate lunch, then hit Target, the grocery, and The Evil Store (aka… Toys R Us).
I was dead to the world by 5pm….. and the closet had eaten my wallet too.
A totally charming TINS story! (I didn’t know they came in that variety -lol) How’s that commercial go, something about ‘Priceless’? Yeah. Priceless.
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