I never intended to head out to the malls on "Black Friday," but my early-morning venture to my auto dealership to get my car serviced was not well planned. The service department folks took Friday off, and I was on Blackstone at 7:30 a.m. with nothing to do. So I decided to check out a few stores that trumpeted big sales.
They were all crowded, but the shoppers were well-behaved and there were plenty of smiles on their faces. That may have changed by the afternoon. I headed home about 11 a.m. But my shopping experience was very pleasant and there were a lot of good deals out there.
I bought gifts for the Angel Tree children on my list. Angel Tree is a program of Prison Fellowship. You buy presents for children whose parents are in prison. Church volunteers deliver the gifts to the children and share the Gospel. The gifts are given in the imprisoned parent's name.
I picked two angels off the Christams tree at my church, New Hope Community Church in Clovis. The angels are for 8-year-old twins and they asked for art supplies. I found some very cool stuff, and now I'm trying to figure out how to wrap all of it. I'm not good at wrapping odd-sized gifts. . . actually, I'm not good at wrapping any gifts.
I am not good at wrapping either.
Buy a big gift bag, and colored tissue papper, place gift in bag and wolla.
Oh, and put the card in the bag on top so it can be seen.
My gift wrapping days are over.