CHRISTMAS SHOPPING WITH ANXIETY – Painted Doggie Comic
Panel 1: Foxwolf clutches a huge, long shopping list, gritting her teeth and having crazy eyes.
Panel 2: Top-down view of panic-attack-having Foxwolf sitting in front of a computer keyboard thinking, “OMG I HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE TO BUY FOR. WHY DIDNT I START EARLIER? I’M NEVER GOING TO GET THIS DONE IN TIME. IM SUCH AN IDIOT. WHY IS ALL THIS STUFF SO EXPENSIVE? I DONT KNOW WHAT ANY OF THESE PEOPLE WANT! DOES THAT MAKE ME A BAD PERSON? I DONT KNOW WHAT MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS WANT? ALL OF THIS IS PROBABLY JUNK THAT THEY’LL HATE”
Panel 3: Foxwolf is pacing in front of scattered packages, gifts, and wrapping paper and saying, “All this shit sucks. Nobody wants this!! I have to pad these gifts with other gifts.”
Panel 4: “I know I’m forgetting someone. When am I going to have time to wrap these?” Charles the cat is loafing on some crumpled paper within the pile of gifts, as cats do. The phone in Foxwolf’s pocket is buzzing.
Panel 5: Split panel of an email displayed on a phone from Office Fella, guybro@work.com, reading, “Hello, we will be doing a secret santa gift exchange. You in?” The phone has way too many notifications in the notification bar. The time reads 10:32. Foxwolf, looking insane, screams, “NO!” while thinking “I already have way too many people to buy for!! There is no way I’m adding to it!” She screams, “FUCK THAT!”
Panel 6: Foxwolf’s point of view: she is holding her phone looking at her sent reply email. The time on the phone is 10:40. The email reads “Of course! Count me in! smiley face emoji”
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