Christmas lights

Oh, the joy of Christmas lights. Let me tell you about all the joy? they have brought us this year. Step one: I said I would bring two strings of lights in for the Laundry room windows. I don't buy new lights every year [ok, ok I don't buy new lights every 10 YEARS] So I took two strings to work. Angie informed me [in the nicest way possible] that they were just not up to her standards so she bought two NEW strings. [oh the waste!!!] That left me with about 6 hundred light strings which I conned Josh into putting up outside. He plugged them into my porch light. That worked for about as long as it took him to leave town. After several days of 'iffy' lights I discovered that the plug that screwed into the porch light had had it. Go figure, it was only about 15 years old. Need proof?? Thad used to use it, so there!!! I plugged them into the outside outlet, problem solved!
Step two: Take down the outdoor lights. I chose today of all days. It's so cold [ok, so cold, FOR US, happy?] My fingers were numb. Smart me, I decided to wear gloves. NOT a good plan. When you have gloves on it is so very easy to pinch yourself with the plyers. If I had a camera I'd prove to you all, that BITES-My poor fingers.
Step three: Confession time. I was so ticked by the time I got the lights down that every single string went in the trash. Here's the problem: By next year I will have forgotten that I threw them away. I'll tear this place apart looking for them. Then I'll 'rant and rave' about how I've been robbed. It's too late to take advantage of the 'after' Christmas sales or I'd go out and buy 5 or6 strings now just to save myself all the stress this is going to cause. If you love me and you see ANY Christmas lights, BUY THEM! I promise I'll pay you for them. Ofcourse this is provided you sell them to me before the end of January. Otherwise you'll just get a blank stare when you try to give them to me. 'But honey, I don't NEED any Christmas lights. I have plenty!