Christmas is in 3 days!?

I spoke with my mom on the phone today. She informed me that there was no Christmas tree, no decorations, or anything Christmas-y at the house. It’s been a rough year with Grandma passing, and my Aunt passing as well just a couple of weeks ago. So she’s not in the Christmas spirit. Which would also probably explain why I’m not really in the spirit either. All I want is to be with family and those that I love over the holidays. Our first Christmas without Grandma will be really hard. Especially because it seems like my sister is going to be spending most of the holidays with her boyfriend and his family. I wish BF was coming over for the holidays, but he has elected to stay on the mainland instead.

Last night we went to the mall. I bought my friend a gift from The Body Shop (a pedicure set for $25 – am thinking about returning it), a card for my mom, and wrapping paper (50% off at London Drugs). When we got home, I wrapped most of my presents, but am still waiting for my last shipment from Amazon (should get it tomorrow), and then I will officially be done. I am really excited for my family to open the presents I got them. I know my mom will be thrilled to get her kayaking trip!

It’s been a Christmas tradition to go Boxing Day shopping, but I don’t think I’m going to go this year. There’s nothing I really need, so anything I buy would just be wasted money. Last year I bought a new digital camera and a purse. This year, the only things I really needed were a GPS for my car, a professional-looking purse, and black flats – all of which I’ve been able to get through additional streams of income. And you can’t ask for anything more than that!

1.5 more days of work and then 10 glorious days of FREEDOM!