This time last year I posted in detail about how Hallmark stores are my kryptonite - I refuse to go in to buy just one card for that very reason.
Everyone I care enough to send a birthday card to have their birthdays within the three month span between March and May. My mother kicks off the birthday seasn on Monday, and I made my quarterly trip to Hallmark today to get enough cards to keep me out of paper stores and department store card aisles until June.
The good news is that I've become very efficient at finding a card for each person quickly - that's pretty hard when you have to consider that you may end up buying the same card you bought them three years ago because Hallmark always keeps the same shit. You also have to balance the "Hmm, I bet so-and-so will buy her this card, so I won't buy that one." The bad news is that I still get teary-eyed at Grandma cards. Very teary. I had to fan my hands in front of my eyes to not look like a fool in front of the Hallmark Grandmas that run the cash registers.
I'm doing better now.
Posted by Tiffany at March 1, 2006 06:28 PM | TrackBack