How to Go Christmas Shopping

1. Arrange for both you and your spouse to take a day off work
2. Sleep in (on a Wed. morning!)
3. Make breakfast together
4. Stroll into the near-empty mall where there is plenty of room to browse and shop
5. Take a leisurely lunch – the kind with appetizers and a glass of wine
6. Finish shopping
7. Head home before the commuters hit the road
8. Smile in satisfaction the following Saturday as you scoot right by the crowds on the way to the movies

I stole this idea from a guy I used to work with. Freakin’ brilliant.