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Against my better judgment, I woke up at 6AM on Black Friday to go Christmas shopping. I was exhausted from spending the previous two days baking and cooking for Thanksgiving dinner, so I wasn't exactly a beaming ray of sunshine Friday morning.

We picked up a friend who was going with us and headed to the local mall. What a damn madhouse. We drove around the lot, witnessing parking-space-thievery the likes I've never seen before. There was a car backing out of a spot. One car was waiting for the car to leave so they could pass through the lane, another car (coming the opposite way) had its turn signal on to go into the spot, and there were two cars waiting behind that car with its signal on. All of a sudden, the third car in line swings out, goes around the two cars in front, and actually steals the newly vacated parking space. I thought I was going to witness a smackdown. I sure as heck know if I was the one sitting there with my turn signal on and someone two cars behind me went around and stole a space, someone would have to surgically remove my bumper from the offending person's ass. No kidding.

After finding our own spot without further incident, we proceed into the mall and marvel at a line about 150 people deep outside the FYE store, which apparently didn't open at the crack of dawn like the rest of the mall. We found that those 150 people were in line for one of 10 available Wii units, and I was glad I was nowhere in the vicinity of that store when they finally opened.

As usual, the mall was a balmy 75 degrees or so, in contrast to the 20-degree windchills outside. So that just meant I had the immense pleasure of freezing my ass off while walking into the mall without my coat (so I didn't have to carry it around), then sweating my ass off about 10 minutes later. Lovely.

We shopped for about 2 hours, and didn't get much accomplished other than buying a candle for someone on our christmas list.

So what did that experience teach me? As if I needed further education on the subject, I'll be doing the rest of my shopping online, thankyouverymuch.

If you're in the same boat, here's some good news - the free shipping promotion* at the puppytoes.net store has been extended until 11/30! That means shipping is free with an order of $75 or more - just enter the coupon code FREESHIP75 at checkout. That's a whole three more days to avoid the horrible experience of mall shopping. So avoid the crowds, avoid the maniacal drivers, and avoid sweating your ass off in overheated stores. Just plop your butt down in front of your computer and visit the puppytoes.net store!

*Shipping Details:
Free Economy or Standard shipping for purchases of $75. or more, excluding shipping charges and applicable sales tax. Delivery address must be within the United States. All orders will be Economy shipping unless, the order is not eligible for Economy shipping (e.g., order exceeds Economy weight restrictions). Coupon code must be entered at check out. Promotion starts on November 17, 2007, at 12:00 a.m. (PST) and ends on November 21, 2007, at 11:59 p.m. (PST). See Shipping Information for additional shipping options. Cannot be combined with any other offers, discounts or coupons.