Still seem to be spending money! Friday is IT!!! I am going to look at all my gifts and figure out if I am truly done. This week we bought teacher gifts. My girls LOVE to give gifts to all the teachers. I hate to squeelch the gift giving feeling...so we bought more gifts than I like for teachers. We tried to be reasonable and practical. My one dd loved wrapping them all and labeling them...it gave her such joy!!! Truly heartwarming.
We are expecting bad weather over the weekend so I want go out and finish any shopping ON FRIDAY after work! My girls are at their dad's so cheaper weekend lies ahead. I am planning on eating out with a friend.....I saved some cash for that.

Today I went to the outlet discount store near me. I have been needing a heavier type winter snow coat for shoveling snow and horsing around. I found a nice men's ski coat for $9.99. It is black and khaki. It looks like it came from a Gander Mountian store. Outdoorsy and sporty looking. I decided to get it since I found one that fit. I am very happy with it. I also found some black sweat/yoga pants that are nice for $5 and a little sweatshirt jacket for the little one for $2. Pretty good deals. I shyed away from anything Christmas like decorations or wrapping paper....as I do not need anything. I was glad I stopped if only to snag that jacket.

I am going to send out a few cards...to some people who frankly need a card. I will also include a brief family letter.
I have several friends who have had some tradegy this year and I like to send them a card. I have been sending get well cards to a friend's daughter who is in college. She is having a second round of treatment for cancer that re-occured. She is down in the dumps I think as she is a very upbeat person most of the time....so more cards will be jamming her mailbox from me.

Next Friday is payday. It is rumored that our holiday bonus will be included. I am still hoping I get a few tips from regular residents who I tend to go out of my way for. We will see. I am not counting on it...but we will see. I may have mentioned on my blog that a few residents grumbled directly at me about giving gifts to the service people. It was hard to stand there and listen to them complain as I emptied their gross stinky trash or changed their soiled bed. Oh well....some people are naturally crabby and not happy no matter what you do.

My friend has her house sale on Friday and Saturday. She is selling my rings for me. She has a huge following doing estate sales and does them very well. This one is in a very upscale part of town. She is expecting a large turnout. Hopefully she unloaded my rings and got some nice money for them. We will see. Maybe she has some good luck with them.

I am looking forward to a nice relaxing weeeknd alone. I had a rough week it seems. I had to see my ex and his new wife and baby at a school basketball game. This was the first time they ventured out "in public" to a school event. Luckily I had a friend along so we sat far away and ignored the whole thing. It sure felt awful. Christmas is a wonderful time of year but it still can hurt for me sometimes. Every year my kids spend Christmas eve and Christmas day with my ex and his family. That was what my kids did every year since being born...so that is the tradition they know. I have to be alone which I dislike so much. So this time of year is difficult. I really sympathize with those who are alone or who do not have family.......gee sorry I did not mean to get so down here. I do love Christmas and I do try and stay as upbeat as I can. I am a realist too.....you have to keep Hoildays in the right perspective.

Have a great weeeknd everyone.....and stay warm if it is wintery in your area!