Grin and bear it Wolfie. Almost all women are like that. There's one particular woman I'm no longer with but I'd gladly endure her long boring shopping trips if we were to ever get back together again.

My wife said she wants us to make a "quick, last minute Christmas shopping wrap up trip" today. Won't take long, she says. I'm considering a large dose of whiskey with my coffee this morning.

I avoid all that by working. I need to stop on the way to work to get some heavy cream for my coffee at work but I decided it was not worth trying to get a spot to park, getting through the crowded store, and waiting in the long check out lines on a Sunday a few days before Xmas. And that's just an in and out trip not one with the wife.