Ahhhhh Christmas Shopping.....

….what fun Christmas shopping can be. Not to mention blogging – I just wrote a huge entry, but when I tried to post it my network cable popped out and I’ve lost it in the ether known as cyberspace. Rats.

So I don’t have the drive to harness the creative juices again to recreate my previous work, so this quick summary will have to suffice:
- Christmas shopping is actually fun. Buying hot chocolate cause you’re freezing your balls off. Swimming upstream like a salmon against the hordes of other shoppers. Lightening your wallet at every step of the way.
- If you are looking for a gift idea for anybody on your list I recommend the following:
o Sponsor a wolf through Wolf Awareness Inc – unfortunately you can’t purchase online yet, but you can fill out the form and send it it – the result is still the same (however you won’t have anthing tangible to show under the Christmas tree). Try http://www.canadianrockies.net/wolf/
o Donate in the name of someone to the Red Cross at www.redcross.ca – they’ve got lots of wonderful causes that would benefit from your attention

And last but certainly not least, I came across something cool on the Red Cross site. If you follow this link (http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=011274&tid=015) it will take you through the Red Cross site to Amazon.ca, where 7% of your purchase price will be donated to the Red Cross. You have to go through this site though – don’t go directly to Amazon.ca. How cool is that – it doesn’t cost you anything, and the Red Cross gets 7%. I hope to see more businesses support this program (could you imagine if Esso or Irving tried something like this at the pumps – the Red Cross would be rolling in the dough!).

So happy shopping and remember – if the women don’t find you handsome they should at least find you generous.