A Lame Post

Ever feel guilty about a purchase as soon as you’ve done it? I did that yesterday . I already have some stuff on the way from City Chic from their big Black Friday sale and then yesterday I just couldn’t help myself and ordered some stuff from Addition-Elle and Pennington’s. I got a great deal on everything, it was all 50% off the sale price and then I also had a coupon code they sent me for 30% of my total order…..I don’t think I have EVER got such a good deal from them! It’s a bad time to be spending the money though. I’m trying so hard to track our spending and find a way to pay down the credit card, it got built up a few years ago when hubby was out of work(was the only way to pay for groceries unfortunately, wasn’t frivolous spending) and even though he was only out of work for about 6 months living off just one income it has been impossible to get it paid down. And of course being Christmas there’s so much extra being spent anyway, and being winter bills are so much higher.

I’m not usually a big shopper, but reading all these blogs and seeing everyone’s great outfits has made me a little jealous and desperate for nice clothes and wanting to feel good. I’ve bought more clothes for myself in the past year than I probably have in the past 15 years combined LOL. No, that’s not saying I’ve spent THAT much on clothes this year, that’s saying I spent next to nothing on myself for the past 15 years! LOL. I have to put myself on a spending ban now, only essential items. I’m usually so good….not called a cheapskate for nothing lol. But I seem to have got the spending bug this year! Time to squash it. If I could get these boys of mine to behave a little better and be more responsible so I could focus on trying to do some work from home for extra money things would be a little different. Trying to focus on anything with these 2 seems impossible still though lol.

I’m feeling a little bad that it has been a week since I posted. Lots of posting ideas swirling around, but it seems the only time I have time to sit and put those ideas down are when I’m struck with one of my headaches. And well, once the headaches hit there’s no way putting thoughts together is going to work out all that well LOL.

I have just a week and a half until my family is getting together for our Christmas so I’ve been busy finishing the homemade gifts for my nephews and niece. Now I’m planning out my cooking and baking for next week and having problems focusing. I need it planned out so Friday I can do the grocery shopping for everything I need. I’m doing dessert for our Christmas(and I can’t possibly do only one thing, can I?), plus I’m adding tins of baked goodies to my nephews and nieces gifts.

I also have to do my Mom and Dad’s gift. It’s always hard to figure out what to get them. They don’t need “stuff”, they have no room for “stuff” and I don’t want to contribute to an already big problem at their place. I’m tired of doing gift cards, it’s a great back-up, but I really didn’t want to have to resort to that. So instead this year they are getting baking and cooking from me! I’m going to make and freeze some meals for them, plus some baked stuff that can be frozen and give them some of my Apple Butter I canned a couple of months ago.

So if I don’t get to blogging much for the next couple of weeks it’s probably because I’m baking up a storm!

Jolene