Not one surprise this year for me.
You would think that being gone for five months might buy a parent some time to get one little thing. My mom purposefully waited for me to come home so we could do all the shopping together. I'm used to doing that, but she broke her tradition of going out by herself at least once so I can be all, "Hey, I don't remember picking that out with you."
It doesn't help when my b-day is five days before Christmas and I have to go through the same thing twice in one week. At least I managed to surprise everyone with what I got them.
Well, there's always next year.
Happy Holidays to everyone!
