Christmas was different this year, some for the better, some for the worse! I loved the fact that I started shopping early but I didn't stop... I just kept going so did the early start help or didn't it? If I had started later the stopping point would have come sooner.
The colored lights on the tree grew on me and I actually think "given a choice" I would go that route NOW but I wasn't given a choice so is accepting the lights a good thing eventhough I accepted with a far from joyful heart?
I really gave alot of thought to the gifts I bought this year and wanted to be sure I bought the things that my family would love! I think I did good. I had a little Christmas note book and I used it religiously! It kept me on track! Also, I saved every receipt! In the past I haven't done so well with that one.. :/
Once again we did 3 Christmases LITERALLY in a row and I wish that was different.. I love doing our gifts on Christmas morning. I think its great doing Christmas Eve gift giving with our families but I will never stop pulling for Christmas morning at home.
I did however like the way we opened our gifts at home... taking turns, opening one gift at a time. It took about an hour and a half.... like I said I didn't know when to stop shopping!
I over baked and over ate! I baked alot of sweets and cooked alot of food and most of the time it was Jeff and I ....no Brooke, Justin or Matt! That was different but I knew that day was coming and it was an eye opener in many ways. About the over eating... got to get a grip! Top of my New Years resolution list... LOOSE WEIGHT! We'll have to see how that goes! ;)
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
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you did really good this year with gifts! i love every single thing i got!! i'm with you...not a big fan of opening presents at home on christmas eve, but the one gift at a time thing is fun - and savoring. i think when/if there are little ones in the fam, we should definitely open christmas morning.
this year we went to oklahoma for Christmas, and we opened presents on Christmas Eve, it was realllllly strange. Im a big fan of waking up early with my brother and doing stalkings then eating breakfast and then presents and having the whole day at home with family and yummy food. Its funny all the different traditions!
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