Christmas Shopping...

In front of the life size gingerbread house at the Hyatt Hotel downtown. It had something like 500 lbs of gingerbread!!!

The past two days we have been all over the Savannah area on the mission of finding unique and well thought out Christmas gifts. Mandy took a half day on Friday and we headed to Byrd's Cookie Company. We spent way too much time and money there, but everything was so gosh darn cute and creative! They are known for their cookies, but they offer a lot more for the kitchen and for the holidays. We ended the night by visiting with Mark, Christy and the kids. They ordered pizza (A staple in the McKnight diet!) and hung out at their house. We celebrated the twins, Ian and Mitchell, earning their Eagle Scout. Mark had us in stiches with his stories, commentary and character accents. It's sometimes hard to believe that he is a leader of forces for the free world and the commanding chief of staff when he is so freakin' hilarious... seriously I burned a lot of calories laughing last night! We got home after midnight.

Today Mandy and I went downtown. We walked through the outdoor stores at City Market and ate at Wild Wings Cafe. We watched some of the Christmas Parade on River Street and went through all the little boutiques. Mom would be proud, we ended our shopping day at Wal-Mart! Tomorrow we are off to Hilton Head Island. Neither of us has been there before and there are two big outlet malls!