The busiest shopping day of the year...

That's what we saw on the news this morning.  Doesn't matter - we weren't planning on going anywhere.

We have had some very nice weather the past couple weeks.  Last night, a cold front moved in... it was 62º when we got up this morning, and didn't change much during the day.  Wind from the north at 15 to 20 mph.  It was a good day for hanging around the house.

By this evening, cabin fever was getting to me, so we made a quick trip to Wally World.  I suggested we swing by there, and if the parking lot was packed, just keep moving on.

The Christmas lights in the promenade median area on the main drag are put up by the city... and they do a nice job.  Lots of palm trees and shrubs, covered with lights.  Very festive looking.

The parking lot at Wal-Mart was as empty as I've seen it in a long time.  Probably no need for this particular WM to stay open 24 hours until Christmas.  Inside, the aisles were blissfully non-populated.  OK, good for us, probably not good for business.  We picked up the couple things that we kinda needed, browsed through the Christmas stuff area (not a lot left), and didn't have to wait in line to check out.  Easy.

We drove back through town, and decided to see what was decorated on South Padre Island.  Not a lot.  Not much traffic.  Some of the restaurants seemed to have good crowds, but the motels that list their price on the signs were still at the low, low price of $29.99.  No doubt, the winter visitors will come rolling in after Christmas.

Small town living.