[terry1156]

It happened to me this weekend. I got hooked into buying something that I should have never bought. I was walking the isles and I ended up buying a "stocking" for our dog because while I was in the store isle I was feeling guilty that I hadn't got a Xmas present for him. (now is that stupid or what?)

I feel even worse because the stocking has all these little toys that look great like you are giving something special, but I know my dog will never use. He likes old socks. If I went and bought him a huge pile of socks, wore them once and then left them for him to steal, he'd be estatic. He'll ignore the gift toys in the stocking.

So what I came to realize is that the dog stocking gifts were not for my dog, but to relieve my guilt. I guess it was a good lesson for me to learn.