Well I went up to Bed Bath and Beyond to get some items on my Christmas list. I had decided because of my busy schedule that this would also be a location for getting some practice approaching. I didn't have any approach anxiety because of the situation. I was looking at some sort of appliance like a waffle maker or some similar piece of junk. I made eye contact with this lady nearby and asked her if she thought the waffle maker would be a good "Dirty Santa" gift. She said she wasn't sure and asked me who it was for so I explained the "Dirty Santa" gift game. We talked about that for a minute (she knew it as "Chinese Christmas", I've also heard it called "Yankee Christmas").
As I thought about this encounter later, I realized that there are so much more advantages to clubs and bars. Even though I was able to engage and hold a conversation there was no sexual tension, etc. and it would be hard to take it past where I was. Which was, a guy asking some girl in the store for gift advice.
By the way, I didn't purchase the waffle maker because it was way more money than I wanted to spend on the gift.
