Lori chuckled. “Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. I can tolerate crowds and shopping, but this time of year seems to turn everyone into maniacs. I want to go around tapping them on the shoulder and telling them about this wonderful invention called the internet, where they can buy things from the comfort of their own homes, but somehow I don’t think it’d help. They actually seem to enjoy it.”
Erin shuddered. “Yeah, they do. So weird.” My God, I think this sarcastic, shopping-hating girl is my soul mate.
“So,” Lori glanced around, then back at Erin, “do you actually know where we’re going? It’s my first time in New York, so I wouldn’t know where to get a good hot chocolate.”
“Actually, we’re heading back into tourist central here, so we could be in danger of getting overpriced crap. Bu
