Who hoo! There I was minding my own business crocheting a scarf as I was waiting to get my oil changed and you'll never guess what happened, SOMEONE ASKED FOR MY CARD and I actually had one to give. Funny the kinds of things that excite you when your just a small time dealer of crochet products on Etsy. Let's see, other big news some publications are following me on Twitter. Of course I don't know if they are the actual real live publications or just someone posing as them, or someone hired to do PR for them but still that's pretty cool. Yay. I need to get some new stuff in my store I know but I'm still working on the sweater that I'm not so sure I'm in love with anymore. I still have to finish it because I can't start something and not finish it but I'm kind of looking at it like the project that will never end. Those who know me know I have kind of a short attention span. Can't imagine where I got that from . . .
So it's that time of year again where stores are crammed to the brim with all those useless gift sets that are cheep and no one really wants or uses, and if you do use them they break the first or second time you use them. I urge you fellow American's not to buy said crap. I know its tempting, and it's the seemingly perfect gift to buy for that someone you have no idea what they are into or what they like so you go and you get them a box of 46 shades of eyeshadow that they are never going to use and they thank you and smile politely but nothing says I honestly don't care about you at all like buying those stupid gift sets. Something else that would be a bit more thoughtful would be say, a gift card to Starbucks if they are a coffee drinker, or a gift card to the movies if they like that sort of thing, or whatever. Really. Anything but those gift sets made in China.
I know it's tempting as all get out to spoil your children rotten this time of year. My parents were gulity of buying a lot of those crappy gift sets for us as kids because honestly they still don't have any idea who we are and I think they just wanted stuff to put under the tree but a good rule of thumb is to get each child only 4 presents. I'll be lucky this year if I'm able to get my kids each one present. They say you should get something they want, something they need, something to wear and something to read. I know as a kid my parents didn't have a lot of money but the truth is me and my sisters would have been happy with just one well thought out gift, something that said that they actually like. . . cared. Being super poor like I am I used to really stress over Christmas because you know, I want to give my kids the world but I don't have it but watching them share their Halloween candy really opened my eyes. They don't really care about the presents. Sure they look forward to getting something but for our family the holidays are more about being together than anything else. We're making memories and cookies. We're going to see Santa at Bass Pro shop because any smart child know's that's where Santa vacations for 2 months out of the year *wink wink* Asher is really looking forward to going fishing with Santa when he's a little older. But it's about the Church Christmas program and watching the movies and going to see family- well my kids will miss out on most of my family this year because my parents refuse to have Christmas any day other than the actual Christmas and my ex gets the kids for Christmas this year. Maybe I'll be able to get them out to my grandparents one of these days but with Molly in school she's always bringing home illnesses and the last thing I want to do is get them sick. Anyways I'm in the bad place so I'd better shut up, but please America, give responsibly and don't waste your money on commercial bull that no one needs. Everyone is tightening their belts these days and I really believe this is one area we can all cut down on. Toodles.
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