When shopping local goes awry

Jeffrey is only a touch away

Aloha dear reader!

I hope this message finds you well and that each and every one of you has had a great Christmas Day.

Though I love the holiday and time with family, I’m completely inept as a shopper.

Some show love through feeding others.

Some show love through acts and deeds.

Then?

Then there are those who show their love for each other through thoughtful gifts.

Given that I love my wife and am terrible at shopping, I’m very grateful that Laura is more concerned with how I treat her and help out in little ways than when it comes to purchasing gifts.

You know darling, there’s a new knitting store and ‘maker space’ on Portland Street. I’d love something from there.

Gotta hand it to my wife. She’s pretty direct and wants to help me. Buying a gift should have been easy for me. All I had to do was listen to her then go to the special, new, funky, millennial run knitting / maker space and buy something - anything really.

Now dear reader, ask yourself as I have: how hard could it be?

In reality?

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