liar liar

so i was buying groceries today and at the checkstand the guy started talking about christmas and if i was ready for it etc. etc. i said i'm getting there etc. etc. then he asked me if i had all my christmas shopping done. i say 'not even close...i got a long way to go.' he asks me how many gifts i've bought and i say 'three.' then he asks how many do i have to get and i say 'i think about ten.'

but...basically everything that came out of my mouth was a lie. i don't have any more christmas shopping to do (unless it's for myself!) and i've bought more than three gifts and have more than ten people to buy gifts for. why do i lie like this so much?!

it happens ALL the time. i really have no reason for it other than that's just what comes out of my mouth. i guess i really should think about what i say before i say it but for some reason that process doesn't happen in my random conversations. maybe i just say whatever i feel will go with the flow? i have no idea...but that's my realization for the day...i lie like it's my job. i'm going to start taking note of these conversations so that i and anyone who reads this will fully understand the extent of my lying...it's horrible i tell you...horrible.