Oh The Holidays

For the all wonderful, loving, warm and fun things about the holidays, there are justmany annoying and not fun things about the holidays. Allow me to share :=)

Warm and fuzzy things:
- Pipping hot cider and a gingerbread cookies
- Receiving a Christmas card from a friend in your mailbox instead of your inbox
- Twinkling lights everywhere you look
- Knowing that you're celebrating the birth of God, how cool is that?
- Little kids running around trying to be good for Santa
- Mountains of wrapping paper, tissue paper, ribbons and tape
- Gathering around a fire with your family, chatting and sipping coffee
- Making a wish list
- Knowing you just bought a thoughful gift that special person will LOVE.

Irritating and not-so-fun things:
- Price stickers on paperback books
- Receipts that are as long as the Declaration of Independence
- Stores that have 18 checkout stations and only have 7 open
- All the seasonal customer service people that don't give a crap
- The holiday sweaters that should have been thrown out back in 1984
- That goes for the holiday pins too
- Knowing that when all is said and done, I'll be broke until March....and lastly,
- That kid in the department store that screams, "But I waaaaaaaaaaaaant it now, mommy!!!!!"

There. I feel better :-)

I really am enjoying the holidays..... plans are working out, I'm easily finding gifts for everyone and I'm meeting some relatives that I've never met before. I miss having my mom to go shopping with and to help me wrap (because I'm probably the worst wrapper ever - I'll have to be extra careful this year not to rip the paper before I even get it wrapped!). But I know she's looking down, giggling at my awful warpping and loving me from afar.