I was having too much fun working on the new VP, so I started some Christmas shopping. No fun. I needed one gift for tomorrow, and after about two hours I had it all sorted out, except for the card. Card shopping is painful in the best of conditions, but today I also had to contend with holiday lineups. Fortunately, I packed an MP3 player, which defended me against the horrible music, so I just had to deal with the pathetic selection of cards.
What I don’t get about card selection is that there are new cards coming out every day, and they still almost entirely suck. I guess people started buying cards from their dogs, so now they have cards from their dogs to other dogs. We were talking about it on the weekend, and we’re waiting for the You’re Welcome card to keep the conversational cash flowing. Picture the cycle: you send a gift (with a card), the recipient sends a thank you card, and you send them a card that has a nice flowing “You’re Welcome” on the front, and something inside along the lines of “really, it was nothing, I’m so glad you like it. Sincerely, the dog”. Just wait, it’s just around the corner…