online shopping ftw
Getting something for my two-year-old nephew is the most trouble I'm having. The kid has WAY too many goddamn toys -- he inherited my embarrassingly huge collection, all the proof of my childhood spoilage, on top of the already ridiculous amount he's received so far -- so I'd like to get him something useful that isn't primary colored and plastic.
I was thinking of opening a savings account in his name (with a few hundred to start with) so the rest of my relatives can start dumping money on him rather than adding to the junk pile.
I hate Christmas Shopping. Even more so this year since I'm more hands on since I now that I know Santa isn't real. Which might I say is a pretty fucking shitty thing to do. 12 years of hearing "be good or Santa will put you on the naughty list" then one day you're at the dentist and your mother says, "Ryan, he isn't real"
Unlike the Tooth Fairy or the Easter Bunny, Santa was pretty logical. Although I had a feeling around seven that elves were just metaphors for manufacturers. Which I guess still works if you consider Santa Claus a metaphor for retail chains, since alot of young children like to believe toys and shit are just given to them for free.
Anyway, I have like 4 more things(A spider-man, a guitar,a book on how to play a guitar, and I think a chair) to buy and then it's mostly stocking stuffers which I can get at a dollar store or something. Yay for cheap, crudely made toys! I wanted to buy Rock Band 2 since it's only $100 and I'd get a $25 gift card, but I decided against it. Hopefully I'll still have enough left over to get myself a Sansa Fuze.
Then whatever money I receive will be pumped into my pride and joy, the Xbox 360.
On the plus side: After Christmas, I have my brothers birthday. Expect him to get things that I want.