Heads up to my family at this gift-giving time of year: The minute I get a grandchild, all of you will be lucky to get any presents from me. I’m planning to spend my entire gift budget on that baby. There might be a little bit left over for a couple of iTunes gift cards […]
Christmas shopping
Light Grayish Friday
I don’t deserve nice things. I’m a terrible shopper and an irresponsible consumer. I don’t buy enough. So when our economy collapses and we’re all speaking badly enunciated Chinese, it will probably fall on my shoulders. I didn’t brave the crowds on Black Friday. I didn’t get $50 off a TV, or $100 off […]
Ho Ho Ho! Merry Early November!
I really hate to be the old crabby lady that I appear to be to my kids, but I’m going to have to mention the fact that Santa is at our mall already. I realize that complaining about how early Christmas starts is part of the maturing process that turns a borderline-hip 50-something into […]
Shoppapalooza
As the regular readers of this blog know, my mother-in-law is staying with us for the winter and it’s been just one big, long Happy Hour on the back porch, in the car, in the mall, in the kitchen, everywhere. I’ve not done this much shopping ever. I’m almost starting to like shopping. We leave […]
Is It Time to Christmas Shop Already?
It’s time to start Christmas shopping and I’m just not up to it yet. I’m seriously considering pulling a Jim Marsh and waiting until Christmas Eve to run out to KMart to buy whatever’s left on the shelves, even if it’s a jar of sugar-free mincemeat and a dreidel. Jim is my brother-in-law, who wrote […]
What I Didn’t Buy For Christmas This Year
I’m so proud of myself. I orchestrated a beautiful Christmas for my family without being an idiot. I didn’t buy one single gift that was rare, hard to find, or in high demand. Sure, I ended up with a bunch of lame stuff that everybody else got last year, but at least I didn’t […]