Shopping with John

Shopping with John in November and December has always been problematic. Inevitably, he finds something that he wants to buy immediately, and that something has either already been purchased for him as a gift, or has been given to someone as a gift idea. And once he puts his mind to buying something, there's very little you can do to stop him. Last night we were in Target and he saw a movie he wanted. Before I knew what to say, he picked it up and was putting it in our basket. I wound up saying something lame like, "Why don't we wait until after Christmas to buy that?" He's just impossible.