Christmas shopping and my relationship with the avian community.

I went to Wal-Mart today to finish up my Christmas Shopping.  Ok, fine, to start my Christmas shopping. And I barely got any done because I had to buy pants for Rob. Not as a Christmas gift, just pants, to wear to work, because all of his had holes in them. Don't judge me.

I don't spend a lot of time in the girl's toy aisle.  I have to wander the boy's toy aisle where I don't understand any of the toys. They are are small and mechanical and full of characters I don't recognize, and I am usually just really bored.  But there are little girls on my shopping list, so I was looking forward to meandering into the world of dolls and kitties and baked goods.  

The girl's aisles are a scary, scary place!  First of all, everything is the same Barbie fuschia pink.  EVERYTHING.  I could not tell any products apart, it all just ran together in some sort of pink conspiracy.  But the really scary part is that everything talks to you.  When you walk by, dolls start crying and attempting to jump into your cart.  Ovens magically start singing, and I swear a kitty growled at me.  Fearful of being mauled by a seemingly cute, albeit pink, cat, I ran away to just buy some pants.  Which ultimately means that I still have shopping to do...

After making it out of Wal-Mart without being mauled by a cat, I went to Dollar Tree.  I needed to go to Dollar Tree for Hexbug Nano batteries. For those who don't know, this is a Hexbug Nano:

See: small and mechanical. Hexbug will sell me LR44 batteries 2 for $5.  Target sells them 3 for $6. Dollar Tree has an 8 pack for $1.  Since we go through about 16 batteries per week, I buy them at Dollar Tree.

I love looking at Dollar Tree.  It is amazing what you can buy for $1.  Did you know that you can preform an at home marijuana drug test for $1?  Scary and amazing.  While browsing cheap, in all meanings of the word, goodies; I found it.  My first "really strange item" to buy for my blog! And it was at Dollar Tree, so I could actually buy it.

But a bit of back story first. I don't like birds.  I might even hate them.  Birds do not like me.  I am not sure what caused this riff between me and the avian community, but I have angered the birds somehow.  I have been pooped on by birds 3 times. A seagull has stolen my churro. I have been chased by a goose while I was running. I also have been bit by a duck, a cockatiel, and a parrot in Jamaica. Really! I have be attacked by a bird on 3 separate occations.  So not a fan of birds. My sister, Lauren, on the other hand likes birds.  Well, she doesn't like birds in the sense that she would own a pet bird, but likes to decorate with birds.  Ok, maybe decorate is too strong of a word.  She had birds as part of her wedding decorations. But anyway, there is a relationship between Lauren and birds.

I was wandering in Dollar Tree and I found this:

Yes, those are bird decorations made out of real bird feathers.  Horrible and awesome all at the same time!  And only a dollar!  I, of course, will not be keeping the evil creatures.  They are Lauren's Christmas present.  Sorry to ruin the surprise - Merry Christmas!

And while we are on the subject of birds, I will leave you with this video. Enjoy!

- Kat, definitely Kat today - I must protect myself from the birds.