We spent the day Christmas shopping at the Domain. It doesn’t quite feel like a recession at stores like Macy’s, Borders and many of the boutiques.

Sales can be found just about everywhere, with the exception of the Apple Store, where bustling customers greedily snatched up iPhones and accessories.

We’re very near being finished with all of our shopping, with this year being about half on-site shopping and the rest online.

I rewarded myself for not having any crowd-induced breakdowns and purchased a WhirlyPop popcorn maker that was quickly broken in. Not a single unpopped kernal.