My aunt, uncle and cousin flew in from the left coast Monday night for Thanksgiving week. The fearsome trio of my mother, sister and aunt will be attacking the malls during the week, scouring for deals. They’ll come up with great holiday gift ideas that we didn’t know we needed but now we’ll never be able to live without. Imagine my surprise Monday night of Thanksgiving week when after dinner my grandfather, returning the favor in advance by bringing out six gifts, two for each dedicate shopper. He told them that these would aide them in their holiday shopping endeavors.

Each one of the lady shopping warriors received a Digital Message Reminder and a Buxton Bag.

My initial comment to my grandfather was that he needs to quit watching so my TV, but as I looked back to our shopping army, I became overwhelmed at how vivaciously my family’s shopping army poked, prodded, opened, closed, zipped and unzipped the many compartments of this over the shoulder organizer. Especially my sister, a high-fashion retail merchandiser. She was getting a kick out of the Buxton Bag.

“A purse for heavy duty shopping,” my sister remarked.

“Wow, I can put my cell phone in this pocket,” amazed my aunt.

“And I can put my camera in this pocket,” marveled my mom. The astonishments went on and on.

“And the advertisement has a guy putting in two bottles of water,” remarked my grandfather. Of course, my family went to the fridge, got bottles of water out and put the theory to the test. The Buxton bag passed with flying colors.

My family reports from the shopping lines that the Buxton Bag is more than up to the shopping challenge. In addition to all the items my aunt, mom and sister normally have in their purse, I’m told they each have extra space for goodies. My aunt has the bottled waters, my mom has the sandwiches, and my sister has the 2-lb bags of chocolate goodies. My aunt has also reminded herself via her Digital Message Reminder to go to Baskin Robbins and get the Pumpkin Ice Cream and to thank my grandfather with a reciprocal gift - a taco. A taco is something he’s never had before but now will never be able to live without. And the gift-giving cycle continues.

Thank you, Buxton Bag, for equipping the shoppers in my family with tools that will better allow them to navigate the shopping centers of Chicago.

Malls beware.

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