Shopping season is in full bloom and I am behind as usual. I also made a vital discovery this past weekend. Evidently, the ENTIRE city of Houston and all of the surrounding communities merged onto Westheimer Road where I live. Starting at 8am on Saturday, the street was backed up and stalled until around 8pm on Sunday. I can honestly say that I had not seen that kind of traffic in a very long time.But..(and this is important) I still met some of the nicest shop clerks. Folks that knew what they had to do and did it with a smile and good disposition. I hit a number of different retailers and they all made the traffic stress just go away. Thanks folks. By the way, there are some absolutely outstanding antique shops and curio shops here. I had a ball perusing them. I even walked out with a picture frame the was made from an old cold house (gardening reference).
So have a great holiday folks. I will be making the 14 hour drive to the plains of Illinois this year and spend Christmas with my two rugrats. I get to make pralines, snickerdoodles, and flavored chocolates this year. It is going to be a ball.
