50 Word Fictions

50 Word Fiction Fridays Vol. 38

Man, I almost forgot it was Friday, my sense of timing is all out of whack, because I don’t have to go into work today. Ok, technically, it’s just a few minutes until Friday for me. I just got home from shopping about an hour ago. It was insane. I spent soooo much money. I have bags and bags and crap and I am not done yet. There will be 18 people at Christmas Eve dinner, aka: Stocking Madness. Which means 18 stockings to help stuff. [I think every event n my family should have the word “Madness” in it.]

Right now, I have to be honest, I’m thinking the theme should be blisters, because I have them on my feets, but since it’s the Friday before xmas, I’ll go with something a bit more holidayish. How about Holiday Headaches?

Candy Cane Headache

“Again! Again!” she cried, in perfect time with the aching throb in his head. “I want to play it again!”

He popped two excedrin in his mouth.

“I’m sorry, sweetie. We have to wrap this back up now. Santa was only loaning us Candyland.”

His wife was not amused.

Standard