getting ready for santachrismas

Lily is super excited about christmas this year. I wish I could've recorded her response to my explanation of santa.....she pointed to the fireplace, thought about it for a second and said, "in there?" She and I went to the obligatory mall santa last week, where she told him she wanted a baby doll bed, penguins, and blue toys. The penguin and the blue toys were her ideas, but I planted the baby doll bed a few weeks ago.....

and now, a rant:

The jerks are starting to shop.....its 6 days till xmas. People get so grumpy the closer to the holidays it gets! I can't help that they've waited till the last minute to get that super hot gadget that was in stock ALL FREAKIN YEAR and now its gone. I can't help that there are 13 other people in line ahead of them and two phone lines ringing off the hook. I also can't help that I have a job to do and that job includes asking them if they *aghast* need some help. I know they're pissed to be at the mall......but imagine being there for 54 hours a week and having to smile and make everyone happy! argh... On the upside, though, the last minute men are starting to show up too, and thats like shooting fish in a barrel. If you get a foot bath know that your husband/boyfriend shopped 3 days before christmas. If you get a magnetic dartboard wiithout a box, that brookstone sold 3 years ago, he went shopping 3 hours before christmas.