Having completed practically all of our Christmas shopping, we decided to go to the mall just to walk around and see the people and decorations. Wow! What a mass of people! It was difficult to park anywhere at the mall, and inside I felt like our double stroller was an icebreaker, carving out a path to walk through. We did end up buying a few things, but all for ourselves: a hanging bamboo curtain that replaces the door to our toilet room in the master bathroom and two coats from Baby Gap that the girls can wear next fall.
And the Eagles lost yesterday. Now they won't have home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, and are still not assured of a first-round bye. Oh well. If they can use this loss as a reminder that every game has to be won, then maybe it will serve them in the playoffs. Or maybe that's just the optimist in me talking.