In mid-December, while we were eating our way through the famous chicken rice emporiums of Melaka, Malaysia, the happiest Christmas of 2009 was, without a doubt, shaping up in Columbia, South Carolina.
How happy and why Columbia half a world away from SE Asia? Well, 4565.08-pounds-Sterling-on-my-Visa-card is how happy. Charged by a Columbia shopper giddy on the heady buzz of buying unaffordable big ticket swag on my stolen card number.
Twenty-three transactions on the 19th and 20th of December, just in time to pile the presents high under the tree. My personal favourites [aside from the 155.36 quid spent at the Ralph Lauren Factory outlet and two trips to the Polo shop which speaks volumes - what kind of try-hard-down-in-the-dumps Yuppie wears a stolen golf shirt?] are the nerdy 469.09 and 305.06 Gamestop purchases. How much Wii hardware does that buy?
But best of all though, the shopping spree was capped off by two ‘Food Fair’ transactions for 25.64 and 19.24. I hope they supersized the orders – it’s damn hungry work maxing out somebody else’s credit card.
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That does sound like a very happy Christmas ..
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