FILE_NAME: [-------] Christmas
WRITTEN:  2019-12-24
ARCHIVED: 2020-05-29
(c) Copyright Brett Paufler

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{Christmas
    Shopping List
    Notes for an Abandoned Write-Up

Typically,
    {} comments at time of archive
       though, also asides at time of writing
    [] specifics redacted
}

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WISH LIST

[Redacted In Full, as the words do not originate with me]

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SHOPPING LIST

Rent. Yes.
Laundry Quarters. Yes.
Athletic Tape for Toes.  Yes.
Li Hing Mango. No.
Painter Sponge for Shower. Yes.
Coffee Bean Packaging. No. 
Coffee Bean Bags. No.
Axe Throwing. ---- --- Building. No.
Digital Reader. Yes.
Blender.  No.
Sheets for Bed. Yes. Previously.
Warm Full Cover Slippers. - --. Yes. 
Biscuit Cutters. Baking. Round. Yes.
Cheese. No.
Cool Hot Plate Trivets. Yes. 
Tennis Shoes for Walking. Gift Certificate.  Yes.
Scarf.  No.
Holiday Hand Towels.  No.
Wine. X2.  Yes.  Yes.
Toothbrushes. Yes. 
---- ------ Magazine. Not by me. ----- ----------- Magazine.  Not by me. 
Hollow Cat Ears.  No.
Fox Tail.  No.
Custom Coffee Brew Contraption.  No.
--------- Card.  No.
Exercise Trampoline.  No.

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HINTS

Money: Brick by Brick. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Sick. 
Toothbrushes: Twinsies.  One for me. One for you. 
Sponge: You are such a dirty girl. Quarters: Seriously, we are talking big time dirty. 
Wine: The One: Because you are
Wine: Dreaming Tree: For Trevor, in Memoriam 
Slippers: For my Indian Princess
Biscuit Cutters: Get Your Jig-gy On
Black Athletic Tape (outside): It's Time to Go Pro...
Black Athletic Tape (inside): For Taping Up Your Feet
Tablet Reader: Rule Breaker {Because reading is not allowed in bed after lights out, which is exactly what the reader is for.}
Shoes: {Eh, maybe I should have tracked this. But I did not. I worked it as a Treasure Hunt, which started with a card in (not under) the tree that led around the house Treasure Hunt Style, culminating in a gift certificate for a new pair of shoes... per request.}

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NOTES & OBSERVATIONS
{Perhaps, the more interesting part of any write-up.}

I'm in the gift exchange. Let the grumbling commence. {I got exactly what I asked for: 2x4 ALL Black LEGOs, which I very much appreciate.}

I would have thought the bottles of wine were obvious. Thus, I was only half serious when I said, "You'll never guess what it is," meaning the vintage, as much as anything else. But my words were taken at face value... and thus started some of the most obscure and unlikely guessing I've ever witnessed. Classic.

Shall we call this tree Yiggy? Or Yiggy Jnr? Yes, we shall. The name derives from Yggdrasil: The Tree of Life.

Double-E... EE... Elf Enforcement... Package Fraud and the like.