Hello MAMMAKAZES. Hope you had a fabu Thanksgiving weekend. I did, until I came down with the swine flu Saturday night. (Look for a post on it later this week when I’m not so weak).

But being laid up with the chills and body aches won’t stop me from shopping. That’s because I have the internet and today is CYBER MONDAY! Oh, yeah. Cyber Monday, the Black Friday of Internet Shopping. Where you can get good deals (and very likely free shipping) without ever having to leave the comfort of your home. Or in my case, bed.

The irony is, if I had just stayed home and done all my shopping on the internet to begin with instead of going out on Black Friday, I might not have this dag-ratted flu to begin with. I’m convinced that’s when I got it. Then again, it might have been on The Day Before Thanksgiving Wednesday while shopping at Trader Joes. Or standing in the pie line at Marie Calendars on Thursday morning to get the chocolate cream pie for Randy the perfekt husband and his brother Roger.

I don’t know.

I do know, this H1N1 flu is not going to stop me from my doing my online holiday shopping. Not as long as I have a blanket, a cup of tea, my Tamilfu and a toilet within barfing distance. I’m good.

NOTE: And a quick reminder that if you’re shopping at AMAZON.COM, do it through this website as I get credit! Scroll to the AMAZON icon on the left margin and CLICK on it. It’ll take you to Amazon and you can order from there.

Thanks for your continued support and let the holidays begin!