Christmas Frenzy: Avoided

You should be proud of me. I needed a new mouse, since the one I have had has been acting screwy for a while. Since I usually only use the computer with the mouse for checking email and a few other things, I have been dawdling on getting a new one. But today, I have a bunch of work to do on my other website. Which requires using this computer. So I had to go to Best Buy to get my new little Microsoft Optical mouse (only 20 bucks! A bargain.) I don't care for wireless mice (hee hee) cause you have to change the batteries all the damn time. And I don't need anything too fancy. Just a stupid plain old mouse. So I picked up my simple little mouse and headed directly to the checkout counter. I did not go browse computer games. Or new music CDs. Or even what is new on DVD.

Other people had that glazed-over frenzied look which will only get worse as December moves on. The checkout girl tried to win the current employee contest by trying to get me to sign up for a Best Buy credit card. (Do these companies think we consumers don't know why the sales people hassle us every single time? NO! I know how to get a credit card, thanks, I just don't want one of your incredibly high interest rate scam cards. Thank you.)

I made it out of there in under twenty minutes. And I didn't even LOOK at the naughty naughties that might have distracted me in times past (like the much-coveted but desperately being ignored new Sims games.)

I've got stuff to do. Websites to edit. Dissertations to finish. Naps to take. No time for fake people in a fake world today, thank you.

Now, on with the work. With my new happy little mouse. See-- I'm going to click that orange button right...... there.... with it.