Here’s your emergency list for sanity: - Go before noon on Dec. 31. - Check local hours online (and double-check with a call). - Assume all stores close by 7 p.m. unless you know otherwise. - If all else fails, order takeout. Thai food and NYE go together like glitter and regret.
Oh, and one more thing: buy ice early. By 3 p.m., the ice aisle looks like a war zone. You’ll be fighting a grandmother for the last bag. She’s been training for this all year.
