12/17/2004: "I didn't seriously get that, did I?"

Like every year, we had one of those little downburst snowstorms that come through and in like half an hour dump enough snow to cover the roads and make things slightly slick and in typical Bostonian fashion, the commute in this morning slowed to a crawl – even for me on the back roads. Luckily I had made it almost to Wellesley before it really started snowing – but from there and through to the T at Newton – traffic was barely moving because were like “oh no, it’s snow.” I’ll admit it was slightly slick where the snow hadn’t melted, but it wasn’t anything worth panicking over.

I’m back into the Christmas shopping mood now that I got paid – I’m fairly sure this weekend will consist of trip after trip to the various malls around.

The only possible upset – seeing how fucked up my car is tomorrow at the dealer. I can’t imagine it’s anything major – seeing how I’ve driven it for a week with the check engine light on and I’ll be damned if I can feel or sense any kind of change in the vehicle.

I’m not sure if I’ve moving up the Secret Santa ladder or not. Last year Turret’s Girl (who thankfully is no longer working here) got me a cactus wrapped in a Home Depot shopping bag. No exaggeration, I literally priced myself when I went to pick up the bag.

No this year, the cheap guy picks me (and if you wonder how I know, Lorraine and I ran the Secret Santa grab so we knew who had everyone by process of elimination) and I had already figured I’d get a couple of scratch tickets that were nowhere near the $20 limit we had set for gifts.

Remember that I had gotten the person who I had a $25 gift card at Barnes and Noble – so I wasn’t being too shabby in the office present gift giving.

So we’re sitting around the table and my present is pulled out and I feel it and everyone that passed it to me is like ‘it feels like socks,’ and when I touched it, I had this sinking feeling that it really was socks.

I opened it up and there were a pair of hiking socks. They couldn’t have been more than $8 or $9, when everyone was supposed to get a $15 to $20 gift and most got something that was more than that.

I think I’ve officially become the Official Secret Santa Bad Gift Getter…

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