Bring out your sob stories- I've got mine for the day! It just smacked me that Turkey Day is right around the corner, family all around, food, weight gain, football, etc. Then, the usual happens...we realize around Dec.1 that we are broke- I don't mean homeless broke, or a repossesed car broke, but sorta broke - like "how are we going to do Christmas?" broke. It seems to happen to us the past three years. Hmm--around the time we had our first child. Interesting. And it's not year round- it always seems to just happen in December that we don't have "extra money" due to the fact that most things are paid off, and we don't get late on payments or credit. What's weird is we always convince ourselves that our children don't really cost us alot- we don't go to toy stores, we don't buy them clothes, etc (we get LOTS from the grandparents, so much that there are piles of clothes and toys with tags still on them). We are very thrifty with grocery shopping, enjoy good food, make most meals at home instead of going out, only go out for seafood when family is in town, do outdoor activities almost every day that are free, and really get alot out of a week with our kids without spending alot of cash.
So what's the deal? It's the year-end curse. Maybe next year it will end. What can I say? Life is really good, and I am really happy and have been for years now. You can't buy that. I want my sons to know what satisfaction feels like- to not yearn for what everyone else has. It's harder to learn than it sounds.
Santa will just have to think smart, yet again, and get my family what you cannot buy- memories of fun, love and a good life.
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