— by Carla

‘Twas the Friday before Christmas and… Wait, WHAAAAAAAT!?

Ok, it’s official. I’m mildly freaking out right now. I’m so far behind on Christmas shopping it isn’t even funny. Baby Boy had a really bad cold this week, fever for 3 days and all, which means no going anywhere until he’s fever-free for 24 hours without the help of medication. That pushes everything to tomorrow, when we’re already booked with a brunch and a birthday party.

This year I am not, however, going to worry too much about how much we spend. It’s pretty obvious to everyone that our financial situation isn’t what it used to be, so I’m not focusing too much on what others may think. The hard part for me has been not buying lots of nice gifts for my friends and family like I used to. Sure, I don’t normally like to shop for myself, but I have always loved giving gifts. So that’s been a little hard this year. But instead of moping about it, I decided to make (yes, make …with my own little hands) most of my gifts this year. I can’t talk about it since, you know, Christmas isn’t for another week and also because if I really mess it up I can always switch to Plan B, which is yet to be determined.

I’m getting into the Christmas spirit, albeit a little late this year, but I can’t wait to get everything done and ready for the big day.

Oh and as an early Christmas gift to myself, you’ll be proud to know that I colored my own hair last week. At home. From a BOX. Back to basics, baby! I have really dark hair again…and I didn’t turn it orange like I did almost a year ago. Whew..at least I won’t freak Santa out now!

(Pics to come….)

Tags: Christmas, fever, financial, medication, shopping

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