Showing posts with label christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label christmas. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

keeping it on the low down

This year we will try to be more lean at Christmas. First thing to go... ipods, cellphones and other electronics. I prefer anyway to get some gifts at least that are useful like socks and underwear. I have never gone wrong with socks and underwear, they always get used! 

When asked what I would like for Christmas this year I reply "coffee mugs and lunch containers". They laugh about that but really... after all the mornings I have been digging through the cupboards only to find eight lids and one bottom  you would think it would be obvious what I wanted for Christmas. (Where do all the bottoms go anyway?) And all my mugs are either chipped or have disappeared. Probably after not making it back from a ride on the floor of my husbands car. :)

We are only exchanging homemade gifts (or no gifts) with David's family this year which is a bit of a relief. I still see things I want to buy for them but I have to stop myself. Better on my pocketbook at least. Instead I am thinking of putting a paper package together for each of them. I can always save a lot of cool stuff from the recycling at work. Hopefully they like it.