I'm sure that I have said it many times n previous posts about how excited I am for the holidays! Thanksgiving if officially a week away! I was craving T-Day dinner so much the other day that it was all me and my coworkers were talking about the other day while we were listening to Christmas music on the light station. If I didn't feel a trip to Boston Market would cheapen my craving, I'd totally give in! My Mom and Dad-in-law make an awesome Thanksgiving dinner, and I'm sooo looking forward to stuffing my face with some stuffing, mashed potatoes, and gravy! Yum!
I decided I was going to work the day after Thanksgiving. One of the doctors was crazy enough to open his schedule, and our patients are crazy enough to come in! And Mike and I don't like making it out into the crowds anymore, so why not? I'll be done by 1, so we can go shopping after that if we wanted. I really have no clue where to start for Christmas gifts, but luckily I don't have to ship them this year, so I can give myself a bit of a break! That's one of the things I gotta work on today, is making our list of who we are buying for, jot down some ideas. And then there is the whole frustrating task of making a list of ideas for myself. I am awful at it. Most of the little things I would want, I just buy for myself. Sure, when I first moved up here and was poor, it was easy because I needed things like plates and crockpots. I don't really need anything like that anymore, so it makes it difficult. Maybe I'll just make a "do not want" list, like no smelly-good things, no socks, no Hello Kitty. No one other than Mike would know my tastes well enough to pick those sort of things out for me, and even him doing that is questionable. lol I hate to sound like a brat, but that stuff just always ends up in my re-gift basket, that never ends up getting re-gifted because I could never bring myself to do that.
I really don't get stressed out by Christmas shopping. We set a budget and stick to it. I already bought my Christmas wrap on clearance after last year. So all I need are gifts to go inside! And Christmas cards. I haven't done them the last few years because of school, and I felt kind of weird sending them from my in-laws' address for some reason, so I am happy I can do them this year!
I can't wait to make my Santa cookies. I can't wait to go downtown and see the window displays at Macy's! And if we have time, I'd LOOOOOVVVE to have tea at the Drake again. Those little roast beef sandwiches were amazing! I also can't wait to see my family in Tennessee! I'm so happy that this is happening this year!
And speaking of that, I think I'm at a point right now where I may put the job search on hold for the next month. I would completely devastated to have to cancel our trip because of a job offer, but on the other hand, what better Christmas gift could there be for me at this time? I also really don't want this big gray cloud hanging over my head to mess with my Christmas. I get depressed every time I fill out an application, every time I check up my application statuses. I just get so upset lately doing anything with it. So, I just think that if I spend too much time trying to job search over the next month, it is going to hamper my ability to be happy about the Holidays. And I am not going to have a repeat of last year where my Christmas cheer was severely dampened because of some unnecessary dishonesty cast our way. Lesson learned is all I can say about that. This is going to be a great Christmas, and I'm so thankful for the good things that are going on in our life!
And yep, Mike got promoted! I am over the moon excited for him! He got some really awesome e-mails from the higher ups in his department, praising him for his hard work and success. He truly has been amazing at his job, and I am so proud of him! He has been waiting a long time to get this recognition, and I'm so thankful he did, because I was getting nervous he would go job searching on me if he didn't! lol
Not much going on. Mike is gonna go see Bro-in-law's band play on Saturday, and I'll be out with Mom-in-law on Sunday for the craft show. I've been somewhat productive today, I even got out to the post-office to ship out something I sold on Bonanza.com. And I yelled at Norton Antivirus for taking out money for an auto renewal that I didn't authorize! I have an appointment later at my spa/salon, and right now gonna catch some lunch! Exciting, right?
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