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It's that time of year again. The squad is getting all angsty 'cause our gig will be done in a few weeks and then it's those long polar winter days with no rooftop-landing drills or running-takeoff practice to look forward to.

Santa is pretty stoked over the new GPS device Garmin designed especially for my 500-reindeer power jet turbine engine-driven sleigh. It has a sweet heads-up display.

The Garmin Polester4500 will come in handy when trying to locate Brown & Haley's outlet store.  Brown & Haley was all nestled in the Tacoma Tideflats. After a major truss failure, it moved its headquarters to downtown Tacoma. This summer Brown & Haley moved again, into the former Morning Sun building in Fife, where it also opened a retail outlet. Yeah, confusing.

On the brightside, I'm stoked Brown & Haley has added Mocha Roca to its line of tiny nut log candies. Coffee-loving addicts go crazy nuts for the stuff. I do as well.

Periodically, Brown & Haley will mark down a Roca flavor to 5 cents a log. Today, the Mocha Roca is on special. I'm headed down to score a bagfull.

Otherwise, Brown & Halley charges 20 cents a log.

Who knows what flavor will be tomorrow's bargain. The outlet employees don't even know.

Oh, the "boo-boos" as they call them at the store, otherwise known as factory rejects, are discounted too. A "pretty" 22-ounce can of Candy Cane Roca can run $6.99. The same size can full of boo-boos will set you back only $3.99.

Get the idea?

[Brown & Haley Warehouse Outlet, 3500 20th St. E., Ste. C, Fife, 253.620.3030]

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It flat-out stuns me, how few people actually keep several dozen sturdy, eminently useful Sharpies around the house. I buy mine by the boxful, at Tacoma's Chuckals Office Products, for 69 cents a pop.

You can do anything with these little suckers. You can: autograph headshots; write inappropriate words on the foreheads of passed-out elves; address large packages; draw on reindeer; write on snow globes; doodle on Wish List books; deface back issues of the Weekly Volcano; tag ads in the Polar Express station; paint your fingernails; mark golf balls with Masonic symbols; and oh so much more.

The possibilities are endless. And permanent. A clear invitation to elf mayhem. As far as I'm concerned, the perfect stocking stuffer, alongside Star Wars action figures and fishing lures.

Order online at www.chuckals.com.

[Chuckals Office Products, 2215 Pacific Ave., Tacoma, 800.334.5769]

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