Christmas Eve with Emily

What's wrong with this picture? This is Emily at the Brandon Mall on Christmas Eve. Where are the shoppers?

We headed to the mall around 11am and the original plan was to park at Barnes and Noble and walk to the mall since the parking situation would probably be crazy. Well, when we arrived the traffic was light so we changed our plans and went to the mall parking lot. It looked like a normal weekday as far as traffic and parking availability. We decided to eat at California Pizza Kitchen because we had hoped to meet Maria and Becky for a quick lunch. We walked in CPK, got a table, and had a delicious salad and pizza.

Self portrait while waiting in line at Bath and Body Works. This was the only place in the mall that had a crowd. There were a lot of men with kids in the mall. smile

As we were leaving we saw Victor and Talia and he took this pic of us. We never did see Maria and Becky. We had time to kill so we headed to Target. Here is the second line of people we saw on Christmas Eve. All those hungry people waiting for their Honey Baked Hams! The parking lot at Target was empty too. It was kind of weird. After a while we headed across the drive to Barnes and Noble.

Emily and I had volunteered to gift wrap for GREAT (Greyhound Rescue). This is the largest item I wrapped. Most were books, CDs, and DVDs. We wrapped a lot of gifts, many laffs, and earned $$ for GREAT. What's with that hat?

Donation Jar. People were so happy to have us wrap their gifts and we had fun helping them complete their holiday task.