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12/26/2004 Archived Entry: "after christmas sales"

Today was long but very nice. It started with my dad coming over to see us. He's here for a week, but today was the first day we've seen him since he got in. He gave Tabitha her Christmas presents and we gave him one as well that I hoped he liked. Then we all headed to a Mills mall and walked around talking for awhile. He'll probably come over again later this week so he can see Tabitha again. She really wants to see him as well.
After the mall and a quick lunch, we started our returns and redeeming of gift certificates. First stop was Toys R Us. Chris stood in the return line while Tabitha and I went to see what she wanted to get instead. She grabbed a Blinkie which is reminiscent of Tomagotchis, but you can't kill these guys, though you can break their heart if you aren't a good enough friend. She also got a buy one get one free deal on two My Little Ponies. Next we went to Best Buy where we had the worst cashier in history. He was rude and stupid, which is a fabulous combination. I got so frustrated that Tabitha and I just left and I let Chris finish up because I just could not take it anymore. She and I walked over to Target and I realized I had left the receipt for our exchanges at home. You can't do anything without some kind of receipt, so we just grabbed a drink and snack for Tabs and then met Chris at the car. By this time it was after 4:00 and I was just tired of it all so we forewent the mall and came home instead. Tabitha immediately started learning how to play with her Blinkie while Chris and I sang some duets since we now have two microphones for Karaoke Revolution. Now that was fun :) We sang "California Dreaming" and "I Got You Babe." I don't know if we'll sing more tonight or not as I kind of want to play The Game of Life Pirates of the Caribbean.
My mil came over this evening so she could see all of Tabitha's gifts and she stayed for a nice visit. We had dinner after she left (just more sub sandwiches as I didn't feel like cooking) and now Tabitha is playing with her Blinkie before bed. Tomorrow we hit Target and most likely Robinson's-May.