First Gifts Blog Fest
Hey, Liz Fichera and The Mojito Literary Society have started a really fun hop called First Gifts Blog Fest , in which bloggers tell their stories about first gifts received from a boyfriend, girlfriend, spouse, life partner, or whoever. (I went heavy on the whoever...as a matter of fact, I may have added that category all by myself.) If you've got a first gift story to tell, please hop on! This fest goes through Sunday, November 21. This post was supposed to go in a whole 'nother direction, but yesterday's mail changed all that. It starts with a gift I bought for my son...that turned into a gift for me. Baby boy turned thirteen this past Sunday, so I went to Best Buy last week and bought him the M-rated new release, Call of Duty: Black Ops. But my parenting skills are not the point. The point is that the check-out girl offered me a free six-month subscription to People magazine. I figured what the heck and took it. Yesterday my...