A picture is worth a thousand words, but since I didn't have my camera with me when this happened yesterday, you're stuck with the words. Sorry.

At about 4:00 in the afternoon, with my fingertips literally bleeding from trying to scrape off the layers of wallpaper, I went to Lowes to try to find some other/better/different product to help out with the project. The parking lot was very crowded, so I dumped my car into the first spot I found, over near the garden department...

I was hardly in a cheerful, let alone festive, frame of mind. Also, I was filthy dirty, wearing old sweats and one of The Hub's caps to cover my hair. I was not thinking about Christmas, and the "Black Friday" traffic hardly registered with me.

I got out of the car and started walking towards the store.

Suddenly I saw - no kidding - a douglas fir tree with a pair of jeans clad legs sticking out from under it! It was on the move! In fact, it was coming straight towards me on a collision course and moving about as fast as the average man carrying a Christmas tree (which, of course, is what it was) can hurry.

The first thought that came into my mind was "Oh my God, Christmas is coming after me! Run!!"

Then I realized what I was seeing and asked the gentleman carrying the tree if he needed any help with it. Thankfully, the sound my voice alerted him that he had made it to the parking lot, he quickly spotted his truck and got the tree loaded into the back. I shared with him what he had looked like, and we had a good laugh about it until his wife came around the corner scowling at me like I was some jezabel. Or maybe she thought I was a homeless woman hitting him up for money. Either way, she didn't see the humor in it.

I didn't find anything more helpful in Lowes. I think if I want to get that paper off I am literally going to have to sand it off. But, at least I got a break and a good laugh during the day.