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iYod Hunt, Day 4 (11/5)

Nov 5, 2007
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Topic: My Santa Saver account just matured! Take a picture of a store in your area that has gotten into the Christmas retail spirit much too early.

Oh - That's an easy one: CVS

CVS -- It's beginning to look too much like Christmas

This will probably seem like a cop-out entry to most of you but I didn't want to miss participating in today's iYod Hunt just because I can't make it down to the store. Fact is: I'm still recovering from surgery, my car is in the shop, and I can't drive the truck without causing myself some serious issues. So, rather than poop out on it, I will share this little bit of a story with you and hope that it's accepted though I do not expect it to win.

Some of you will remember my Halloween post where I dressed my husband up as a Hag. LSMS: The night before Halloween, my husband called on his way home from the office to tell me that he needed a costume because all of the employees were being encouraged to dress for the day and, as a principal of the agency, he didn't want to poo-poo any of the merriment.

When he arrived home I served dinner before we set out for the stores. I thought WalMart or Target might be good choices to find Halloween paraphenalia. WalMart's closer so we opted to go there first. On the way we stopped in our local CVS to see what sort of trickish treats might be on their shelves.

OMG - Please let me remind you that this was the night before Halloween. What little Halloween candy was left in stock was marked down 50%. The larger, more expensive items were put away and all that remained was a small section, maybe 3 foot wide at best, with a few of the usual pumpkin head goodie buckets, a bit of webbing, and some other miscellaneous sort of crap. Nothing good. I can't believe that they sold out of all of the masks and such that they had in stock. I just find it too hard to believe and I do, in fact, think that they stowed it away for next year in favor of installing the usual center aisles brimming with Christmas stuff. Stockings, lights, and several kinds of tchotchke, ornaments and decorations filled the shelves. Honestly, it was so bad that I was surprised they weren't queueing the usual Christmas music as we were exiting the store.

So what about you...
Who's setting up for Santa way too early?

Join the Grand iYod Hunt and let us know