Christmas shopping is both fun and not fun.
It's fun going out knowing that you have to spend money and buy stuff. However, trying to figure out what to buy is the not fun bit. Well, it is and it isn't. I'm buying for my cousins, and they're all of different ages, running from about 7 to 27. Some of them are easier to buy than others. Specifically, the younger and older cousins are relatively easy, compared to the teenagers. Teenagers are very fickle, and you have to know what they're in to right now, because what is in right now may not be in a few months, even weeks.
I feel old when I have to go into a shop and ask the attendant, "So what are the kids buying these days? What's popular?". Because quite honestly, I have no idea! I've lost touch with what teenagers are into these days, because, well, I'm not a teenager anymore, and I rarely associate with any.
Anyway, today was spent wandering around the city trying to find presents, and I've succeeded for a few of the cousins, but I still have a lot of shopping to do tomorrow. I want to get all the presents out of the way before the close of the weekend, because I don't want to have to worry about it during the working week. I certainly don't want to spend any of my precious time in Perth having to run around shopping!
Posted by davechan at December 20, 2003 07:59 PMOh the hipocrisy! You didn't seem to think your time in Perth was very "precious" when you buggered off to Sydney!
Normally I get my shopping done months before as I don't like Christmas shopping and the crouds associated to christmas shopping, which is good because I couldn't go Christmas shopping here even if I wanted to (unless I wanted to get everyone packs of twisties - we can buy them on site)
Posted by: Garth at December 21, 2003 02:45 PMYou coming to perth? gimme a call :P we can catch up
Posted by: Mayli at December 21, 2003 04:32 PMTo illustrate how freakily crowded Christmas shopping is: it took my mum 40 minutes to get out of Karrinyup shopping centre to get home to Churchlands today.
I am just glad that my family isn't hugely into the whole Christmas gift ritual (mum was only at Karrinyup to drop off a Kris Kringle gift I have no use for under the K-Mart charity xmas tree... and honestly, what use do I have of a kiddie-sized blow up outdoor paddle pool?).
Posted by: Helene at December 23, 2003 06:54 PM