WASHINGTON COUNTY - Cars snaked and whizzed from Prime Outlets at Hagerstown to Valley Mall on Saturday as shoppers rushed to get last-minute Christmas presents.
At Prime Outlets, at least one shopper was slowed in her tracks. Sarah Brown wandered aimlessly, hoping the perfect gift for her picky husband simply would fall into her hands.
"He has everything," an exasperated Brown said. "He doesn't need anything else."
Brown, 36, of Harpers Ferry, W.Va., said she was getting an early start Saturday. She usually waits until Christmas Eve.
"I'm just a major procrastinator," she said.
Ronita Rupert always finds herself shopping in the last few days before Christmas, she said.
Rupert, 43, of Shippensburg, Pa., said she has missed the Dec. 25 deadline in the past. When that happens, she just holds a New Year's gift exchange, she said with a laugh.
On Saturday, Rupert studied a map of Prime Outlets trying to figure out what to buy her teenage daughter, who, she said, is the hardest to shop for on her list.
