Christmas Eve

I was up and out at 0600 headed to Honey Baked Ham which opened at 0700. The girls were at their fathers and, originally, they were coming home later in the day, but due to his change in plans he now was dropping them off at 0945. I had made plans of what I was going to do today, being that I had most of the day to myself. So since plans were changed, I knew I had to get out and get done what I needed without the kids in order to complete everything.

As I pulled into the Dunkin Donuts parking lot beside Honey Baked Ham, it was a site. There was a tent set up in front of the store. You still entered through the regular entrance but they had roped off the path in which you needed to travel. In the middle of the line there was the lovely employee with a tray of smoked turkey pieces to sample and a bargain with a small smoked turkey breast. Of course, I had to get one. I proceeded up to the counter, gave them my order number and headed out to the check out tent. Very quick and efficient.

Next I headed to Target at North Hills. Wasn't sure if they were open yet, but it sure was nice shopping with very few people in the store. I got in and out fairly quickly.

I needed a Barnes & Noble gift card and called the Crabtree location to see what time they opened. 0800 was the answer I got. It was 0750 so I knew that by the time I got over to Glenwood Avenue it would be 0800. Yeah. I was getting too much accomplished.
I still needed to head to Kroger to shop, pick up 2 gallons of sweet tea from McDonalds, drop stuff off at the post office and who knows what else. It all went well, and I made it home around 1000.

The girls got home and showed me the presents from their Daddy and Santa. Then we pretty much baked all day. Cakes, cookies, shrimp dip, cheese balls. Pretty much everything you can think of. I did realize that there aren't enough sugar cookies in the world that will make Chris & Allison happy.