As the year is coming to an end, it is easy to reflect back on the year…where you’ve come, and where you’ve not come. Well, as depressing as it is… Black Friday is next week. There are some great deals to be had. Great deals that I have to responsibly miss out on.
I would love to say that I’m in a better place this year than I was last. But I’m not. Looking back on the year, everything pre-vacay was on the up and up. Post-vacay has been rocky. I have the scars and scabs to prove it. I’m tired of the struggle. But I’m coming out of it.
Anyway, as with age comes wisdom, one would hope…so I’ve been debating back and forth and had tried to keep a little stash of cash to get a tv on Thanksgiving formerly known as Black Friday. Now I’m all for bigger and better deals, but seeing as how I get paid on Friday not Thursday, I get screwed out of the equation. So as I kept debating and mulling it over, I knew that when I came to Walmart as my final decision that I needed to rethink things. For all of you troopers who can hang at Walmart for Black Friday, more power to you. But I cannot do it. Aside from timing and money, the ruthless, ratchetness that comes with the territory of Walmart, I just cannot deal with it.
I came to the conclusion today to hold off and just work with online deals. Now Cyber Monday…I can’t fully do much with that due to work. But it’s my first time with the iPhone so maybe I can do a lot from my phone this year. It’s my preferred way to shop anyway. Free shipping, ebates, no crowds…can’t beat it with a stick. Hassle free.
The sucky thing about being an adult is having to be responsible. And it sucks when you have bills and other things that require your money, yet the holidays don’t come any slower. So today I decided that the bigger items can wait till tax season. We can get a new tv then. If I don’t find a DS for Brianna for a price I’m willing to pay, it too can hold off to tax season. It can be a birthday gift for her. I want to give them a good Christmas but everything doesn’t have to be high ticket items. And we’ll be just fine. Yeah I wanted a new tree but that can wait too.
Knowing that in a week I start my new position, and therefore start to earn more money, makes this pill much easier to swallow. I wanted to be in a new home by this time this year. Preferably in a new city. It is at least some comfort to know that some change has been made and that I’m not in the same exact position. At least I have growth occurring. In the meantime, some of the things I want will have to wait. I’m used to that by now. Lord knows I am.
Christmas will still be tight this year…but I’m gonna work very hard to make it as inexpensive as possible. Layaway helps. In fact, the majority of what I have to buy is already on layaway. A few more things for the kids, clothes and shoes and stocking stuffers, then hubby’s gifts, my niece and nephews and the adults in the family do Secret Santa. I want to get a few gifts for my friends and then I’m done. It’s all about staying within my means ya know? It’s that pesky thing called responsibility. 🙂
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