I will be the pattern of all patience; I will say nothing.

Back at the Big Why, this is about the time of the year I kick back and just annoy the engineers everyday for the heck of it. Other times of the year I annoy them just to keep them on their toes. But come Christmas time, everything pipes down, and I have time to just kick back and irritate my friends.

I think I’m paying the price for it now.

Towards the end of last week, orders at the store started ramping up, and what accumulated this weekend was pure bizarre. A flood of orders came in, and kept me busy and on my toes the whole day. What annoyed me the most was for all my hard work, the UPS dude comes in with his extra large cart, and carts it off in 1 swoop. UGH.

I guess I shouldn’t be complaining, after all I was one of those last night who finally had a little time to myself to complete my Christmas shopping. Last night, the main beneficiaries of my generousity were:

• Amazon – I love how they have *everything*, where else can you get a men’s Parka, formal flatware and a video camera, all with Free Super Saver Shipping?
• Red Envelope – Pretty gifts in pretty boxes. What’s Christmas without a few pretty boxes?

This rounds up my holiday damage, I think. The previous culprits include

• Drugstore.com – but admittedly, most of the stuff there was for me, cos I didn’t even have time to do my toilettries shopping!
• Bluefly – mostly because I wanted some decent (ok, fancier) cardigans
• Target – saw something at the store, but was too lazy to go back to get it

What was disappointing was that both Amazon and Target didn’t really have any good kids stuff, so I ended up shopping for the kids at home over at The Children’s Place and Gymboree. The kids here will get their stuff from Costco and Red Envelope.

I think I’m done with my shopping. The problem is, it’s not going to make it back to SG in time for Christmas!