Gift Cards - Wow! by htargett on Blogster

Yesterday, a day between snow storms, seemed the perfect opportunity to finish my Christmas Shopping. Needed to purchase 3 more gifts to complete my list. Now everything thus far has been ordered via the internet and is arriving daily by UPS etc. Therefore I have not had to enter a store up till yesterday.

Target Store, Dicks Sporting Goods, and Michaels seemed like good choices since we now have them all in our town of 22,000 people (in addition to Home Depot, Borders, Circuit City etc). The main question was how much of the day would this take?

Would you believe 3 stores, one gift purchased in each, and the whole experience took about 14 minutes? Well it did and thanks to the stores for placing their gift cards in racks next to the cash registers, pick an empty register with a light on and you are home free (I guess free isn’t the appropriate word).

My grown kids don’t bother to hint about gifts anymore, for the most part, they just mention stores instead. Still buy gifts for the grandkids, however.

It will take me longer to pick up our rib roast from the butcher Friday than it did to do my Christmas shopping! Such is life.

Have a great day,

Hugh

8 comments on Gift Cards - Wow!

elkhound said 9 months ago
gift cards are perfect for the older kids. although my daughter gave me a list, I will probably just get her a gift card. [THUMBUP]
htargett said 9 months ago
Thanks for stopping by![SMILE]
alfredo said 9 months ago
Sounds great there Hugh.Never bought gift card.I do not have any money to spare[LOL][LOL][LOL][ROLLEYES]
htargett said 9 months ago
I guess not.....you spend it all on luxury cars![SMILE]
elderjanememorabilia said 9 months ago
I do my Christmas shopping throughout the year and it is fun that way. My grandchildren want presents and money![HEART]
htargett said 9 months ago
My wife does this for the grandkids but she then gives it to them shortly after purchase so she must buy something else for Christmas. Perennial shopping I guess you call it![SMILE]
centurion said 9 months ago
My experience has been similar. I didn't realize Keene was that large. Guess I need to explore more of that area. Usually we just pick a country road and see what villages and towns pop up. I've got this idea in my head that I want to make a collection of photos of every town hall in New Hampshire. But so far I only have about a dozen, owing chiefly to the fact that I usually forget my camera. We've got about 4000 people (I think) in Henniker and the largest retailers are the century old Henniker Pharmacy and the hardware store. We head to Concord for the big stores.
htargett said 9 months ago
Keene has a most beautiful and active Main Street and Square. It also is home to the Colony Mill Marketplace (local shops) which also has a brewpub plus a Mexican Restaurant and the Ashbrook Rd Shopping Center of branded stores and restaurants. Our proximity to Vt and Ma and our lack of a sales tax accounts for our small city having so many big stores. It's only 35-40 minutes from Henniker and is worth a trip when you have the inclination. The small grocery/general store in Henniker was an agent for my dry cleaning company 35 years ago. We also rented linens to the students at NE College from the store in those days. How time flies![SMILE]