"Thanks a lot for putting up with me today." Julia sighed as she pushed her shopping cart.
"No problem, I needed to get out for a bit. Besides, it's two weeks before Christmas and I haven't decided what to get the girls."
Instinctively, I saw a flash from the corner of my eye and my head snapped to the right to see a woman staring at me in shock, she clearly thought her flash was off. She smiled guilty and ducked away quickly, I rolled my eyes.
Julia laughed,
"You do realize you can shop online and have everything delivered at your door, right? Then you won't have to subject yourself to this."
"You're right but the best part about Christmas at this age is shopping for your kids. I love Christmas shopping in the store. Damn the media."
"Did you expect something different? The ne
