Saving Money At Christmas
I have to admit that I did not follow my own money-saving advice this Christmas. In an effort to please the kids and make their Christmas fun, I dipped into my savings and spent more than I had planned to. I guess a lot of parents feel that way and kids can be naturally ungrateful.
I bought them a Wii. My main reason for doing this was to fulfill a promise I made to them last year. Since I dipped into savings, I am going to be working some additional hours to replenish what I spent, and then some.
2009 will be a better year for my family, financially and otherwise. The girls deserve to have a full family (mommy and daddy) and they deserve to be happy. Since mommy is not in the picture, I have to compensate as best I can; not with things, but with time and with love. I’m doing the best that I can.
Merry Christmas to all.
Aww. Sweet post.
Happy Holidays.
P.S. No one saves money at Xmas.
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Thanks for the comment, Shirley. I guess I can give myself a break from saving at Christmas. I’ll have to work that much harder when the new year starts to get the savings back to where it was.