Christmas Shopping Debacle

Dad and Mom M. came over to greet our guests and then we all headed out to Hanes Mall in W-S.  Once we found parking spots, we headed inside and decided to split up and meet back up in 2 hours. Jason and I were quickly done with our shopping at the mall and we needed to go to Costco, which is just down the street. We got in our car to go, thinking we had plenty of time to get there and back - boy were we wrong!  About an hour later, and still trying to get out of the mall parking lot, we called Dad M. to see if they could all climb in their car and meet us at Costco when everyone was done at the mall. We made it to Costco (it was packed!) and thought the Maurer clan were headed our way, but then Jason got a phone call saying that they were already on the highway headed home!  The whole area was so crowded, it was they decided to get outta there! Jason and I met them back at home, we were all very hungry after fighting the crowds.  We made chili (as in chili, not chili with beans - Jason always makes the distinction because he doesn't do beans!) and had a good dinner together.