I Think We're Lucky

that we don't have to buy gifts for a ton of people for christmas or chanukah. we already purchased gift certificates (michael's craft store for his mom, home depot for his dad) for the adorable one's parents, and we'll probably get a couple gift certificates (one from their favorite italian restaurant, the other from custard's last stand) for my folks, and other than a few things for people at work, well, that's it. thankfully.

i never really understood how people could max out their credit cards every year on presents for all the people in their family, fight the crowds in the mall, or do all that running around. it's still a mystery as i can't imagine doing all that stuff. even when i was single and bought for more people, it was never this overwhelming amount, which again, i'm grateful for.

the adorable one and i buy for each other during the year--if there's something (reasonable) that one of us wants, we usually make it happen. mind you, we don't go berserko every week or even every month--just once in a while if there's something that we've been jonesing for, we try to make it happen. for example, the adorable one wanted a gps unit, so using his holiday bonus, that's what we bought. i wanted a ipod and got one for valentine's day, so it equals out.

in past years, i've gone a little nutty and bought the adorable one a ton of chanukah gifts, but there's not lotsa stuff that he wants. at least none that i know of. i could buy a bunch of things out of catalogs, but i'm not feeling it this year. hope this doesn't make me scroogeworthy. the weird part? i love buying gifts for others, which is a real switcheroo from my old self that only liked to receive. yup, weird. i bet this means i'm mellowing or something scary like that.

no wonder i don't get why people are stressed during the holidays.