Wow, this is so ironic. I have been anxious to get a blog going for a while now and this morning I check my email and guess what? My new blog has been created! I get to start my own blog on Christmas Day!
Just as I sit here Christmas morning signing on to check my bills and online bank account to see where I stand (pretty sad huh?), I can write about all my money frustrations rather than get offline and have it screw up the rest of my day. That’s kinda how it has been lately. Besides, I am off today! Yippee! I have been working straight for weeks. I volunteered to work any extra hours for the holidays and I kinda missed the whole holiday shopping craze. Besides, this is the first Christmas in YEARS that we did no holiday shopping! We bought presents for nobody. Well I can’t say nobody because we did manage to buy my daughter a few things last minute. Oh and the dog got a nice bag of treats. My husband and I didn’t buy anything for eachother. You know, it didn’t really bother me. I am a little bothered that I didn’t get my niece a present. She is very close with my daughter. That is why I am on here checking my money situation. I really didn’t want to give a 7 year old an I O U when her and my daughter exchange gifts tomorrow. Luckily by tomorrow morning, my direct deposit will go in and I will have a few bucks to buy her something little for Christmas.
I got up early this morning and I went to the only grocery store in town that was open and I drove by a few homeless people sleeping by a bus bench. I thought to myself that it is even selfish of me to be upset about Christmas presents when these people don’t even have a roof over their heads. I know some people choose to live that way but I also know many don’t. It’s sad. I just keeping saying to myself, things can always be worse.
I think people are shocked this year because we didn’t buy buy buy for everyone. Then again, none of them our paying our huge credit card bills either. Every year for years it has been a family tradition to go to Disney World for the holidays. Not this year. There is no money and we are maxed out on credit. My husband and I had this conversation the other day. Careless spending did not get us into this debt mess. My family has gone thru some really hard times over the past several years. Once we got so far in debt, it was like hey-why not just add to it? We are already in the hole as it is! Now we are in WAY over our heads and I have made a commitment to get out of this mess.
I am new to blogging world so forgive me if I don’t spell a few words right or screw up something. I am learning along the way. Like today is the 25th but I can’t figure out yet how to change the date. I am imagining the 24th was when my blog was created. Who knows? I’ll figure it out. Hopefully you will join me on my journey because I am sure it is going to be a wild one!
For now though, I am going to enjoy my day off and spend Christmas Day with my family.
I wish anyone that is reading this-A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!
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