Oh and by the way => I took-off from work today at noon and ended-up finding half-a-dozen fairly good wife-gifts ... luckily, I think that I may have gone from being in the doghouse, to being in the penthouse!!

... hopefully she'll think that I did okay (it is always a bit hit-n-miss with Christmas gifts, eh? ... have you ever noticed that? ... every now and then, the gift that you think is gonna be the star ends-up just being okay and a darkhorse-gift ends-up being the super favourite!!)
... odd?

... oh well => I am now getting into the Christmas spirit!!

........ 
Cheers