Me vs. Christmas
Ok.
I LOVE Christmas. And not because I get a lot of stuff, because I don't. My family isn't rolling in the big bucks (regardless of whomever thinks we're the Italian mafia) and we -honestly- have a better time sitting down to big dinner and rankin on everyone than opening presents... it's just the way we are.
I adore giving gifts. I like searching for hours to find that ONE fantastic gift for that one person. More so for the fact that I want to give that person the understanding that I do care enough to search high and low for a gift that I sat down and put in serious thought. That's just the way -I- am, and always will be.
Christmas has gotten to be so fucking expensive it's not even funny. I just laid down about $900 in gifts tonight. Granted, I do all of my shopping online because if there's one thing I won't do for gift-giving it's going to a mall. And I figure that I can search around and scout out the best price. Also, I work really damn hard for my money so I'm not going to piss it away by just buying whatever I see on Amazon. Although Amazon got a big chunk of my cash today :( Overstock and Lush were about equal in their amounts.
So, I'm sitting here before I need to go to bed and I'm freaking out about how much money I just spent. I've had a good November so far, I've worked a lot of hours. So I'm not too worried about paying it off, I'll pay it off eventually. I just always seem to have months where I hemorrhage money >.< I think I'm more aggravated that I still have the 'big gifts' to buy. My sister wants something installed in her car, my dad wants a treadmill, my aunt wants some kitchen appliance... the list goes on. I wish I could go back to being a kid, where it was so sweet if I bought my mom a candy cane and that was it.
I guess the saying is true... the less you make, the happier you are. Granted, poor people don't believe that. But I was happy when I pulled in a $300 paycheck. $300 doesn't do a whole lot for me anymore.
The shitty part is that I don't even mind spending the money.
I LOVE Christmas. And not because I get a lot of stuff, because I don't. My family isn't rolling in the big bucks (regardless of whomever thinks we're the Italian mafia) and we -honestly- have a better time sitting down to big dinner and rankin on everyone than opening presents... it's just the way we are.
I adore giving gifts. I like searching for hours to find that ONE fantastic gift for that one person. More so for the fact that I want to give that person the understanding that I do care enough to search high and low for a gift that I sat down and put in serious thought. That's just the way -I- am, and always will be.
Christmas has gotten to be so fucking expensive it's not even funny. I just laid down about $900 in gifts tonight. Granted, I do all of my shopping online because if there's one thing I won't do for gift-giving it's going to a mall. And I figure that I can search around and scout out the best price. Also, I work really damn hard for my money so I'm not going to piss it away by just buying whatever I see on Amazon. Although Amazon got a big chunk of my cash today :( Overstock and Lush were about equal in their amounts.
So, I'm sitting here before I need to go to bed and I'm freaking out about how much money I just spent. I've had a good November so far, I've worked a lot of hours. So I'm not too worried about paying it off, I'll pay it off eventually. I just always seem to have months where I hemorrhage money >.< I think I'm more aggravated that I still have the 'big gifts' to buy. My sister wants something installed in her car, my dad wants a treadmill, my aunt wants some kitchen appliance... the list goes on. I wish I could go back to being a kid, where it was so sweet if I bought my mom a candy cane and that was it.
I guess the saying is true... the less you make, the happier you are. Granted, poor people don't believe that. But I was happy when I pulled in a $300 paycheck. $300 doesn't do a whole lot for me anymore.
The shitty part is that I don't even mind spending the money.
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