Yesterday I sat around the for the first half of the afternoon debating as to whether or not I wanted to go out and pick up some Christmas items. I joked that I only wanted to go out so I could "stumble" across a liquor store, but I knew I needed gift bags, which meant a trip to Dollar Tree was in order. Dollar Trees at Christmastime are magical places, because they are quickly transformed into Stocking Stuffer Central. This is especially great for me as I have a best friend that's an insane Spider-Man fanatic, and I know I won't be able to go 2 steps without running into something with Spidey on it. I left with about a dozen items, and a greeting from my 4th grade teacher, which took an even stranger turn as I ran into her again in the liquor store next door.



I live in Pennsylvania, where we have to purchase liquor from either a restaurant or a "state store" where the workers are actually government employees. We also now have our own special egg nog. I have no idea if this is just a local thing or you can buy Pennsylvania Dutch Egg Nog in the west coast, but this was something I couldn't pass up. This shit's a triple threat -- brandy, rum, and whiskey. That means I'm estimating about 6,000 calories in a glass. I don't usually drink anything too heavy, and to me, this shit has a bit of a burn to it. I guess that's a small price to pay for holiday cheer in a bottle.