December 16, 2006

• Christmas Miracles

  

  So tonight I went to the Best Buy in West Hollywood to buy a digital camera for my boss for Christmas.  I walked out of Best Buy with the camera and receipt in a bag, and walked next door to Target to buy some things.  I was in the toothpaste aisle picking out some toothpaste, and when I stood up, my shopping cart with the camera in it, was gone!  I ran to security, and the security guard got on his walkie talkie and told all the store managers to be on the lookout for a Best Buy bag with a digital camera and receipt in it.  Then I started scouring the checkout lines discreetly looking in peoples carts.  I found myself mentally profiling people, which was scary, but the security guard had told me that they had had several incidents like this. A few minutes later, a woman who had actually stopped at the Pizza Hut inside of target to buy pizza, overheard one of the manager’s walkie talkies and threw a Best Buy bag with a camera in it on the counter and ran.  Long story short, I got my camera back, but they never caught the woman.  Moral of the story (especially for my female friends who leave their purses (and kids) in carts unattended), is don’t!

  

  The day before, I was driving down to a Christmas party in Irvine.  I had bought a dozen Sprinkles Cupcakes in Beverly Hills to take to the party.  About 1 mile before my exit on the 5, I got pulled over for going 85 mph.  Not needing a 2nd speeding ticket this year, I explained that I was late for a Christmas party, and that I was bringing the “Sprinkles”, at which point I offered the cop a cupcake.  You’re not going to believe this, but he let me go with a warning!!  He didn’t even take the cupcake.  He just told me to slow down!  I wished him a Merry Christmas, and went on my way.  Suffice it to say, I now drive with cupcakes all the time   LOL.  Maybe I can do a commercial for Sprinkles to help supplement my ridiculous car insurance bill!  Ho Ho Ho!

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