I'm not shopping today.
I have a few more gifts to buy for the boy. Okay, I have ALL the gifts for the boy left to buy. It's only 4 gifts, though.
Remember our family buys only 4 gifts for each family member.
1. Something we want
2. Something we need
3. Something to wear
4. Something to read
We still need to buy categories 1 and 3 for the girls.
The Hubster and I are discussing how we might want to purchase one large gift the entire family can enjoy rather than buying individual gifts for the two of us.
So that means our remaining Christmas shopping for our immediate family consists of a grand total of 7 gifts left to buy.
I won't be rushing out to the big box stores today to fight the throngs for great bargains. I might look through my fabric stash and decide which flannels would be best for sewing up pjs for the girls. I might peruse etsy and see if any of the handcrafted toys could fit the "Something we want" category for the girls' gifts.
I might order some fabric for the boy so I can get started on a "Something I need" gift for him. We have a new bookstore opening in our mall and amazingly it's a local bookstore, not a chain. I might go there on Saturday to celebrate Small Business Saturday and see if I can find a suitable book for his "Something to read" gift. I might visit the local game store - again not a chain, but a small local business - on Saturday as well to see if they have a "Something I want" gift for him. Clothing is honestly the hardest gift category to buy locally for us. There are a few very high end specialty clothing shops in a nearby town and one variety store type business at a different nearby town that also carries a limited selection of clothing. To buy locally I really do need to make the clothing myself. This year that is possible because the boy is off at college during the daytime and I can sew stealthily without him detecting it.
But whatever I choose to do today it won't be Black Friday sales shopping. Despite what the pundits say I don't believe it's good for my community or for our economy.
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- A 40 something mama meandering through life with an eclectic 20 year old boy-man (the boy), a 7 year old girl (big girl) who is a ball of lightening, and a 3 year old girl (baby girl) who brightens our lives with her smiles. I'm grounded by my 40 something husband and partner (the hubster) whose quirky mannerisms brighten my days.
I've been a single mama, married mama, divorced mama, career mama, SAHM, and WAHM. There was a short time of my life when I wasn't a mama, but that was a LONG time ago!
I hold an AA, BS, and MA and most say I'm wasting them by devoting my intellectual capabilities and energy in the nurture of the wee ones that I've been entrusted to raise, but there is nothing else I'd rather be doing these days. :)
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