Buy ALL the gifts!
Soooo we went out to get a tree last night...
and instead we somehow spent all of our money on gifts for the girls and our brother and sister in law haha. We didn't get a tree, but it was fun to have stuff to wrap. So I was okay with it.
I'm going for a classy look this year with the silver and blue. I already need more wrapping paper and more of the aqua ribbon as it was my favorite. I hand made all the bows because I couldn't find bows I liked. Also, each gift has either a little ornament or bell tied into the ribbons.
I used vinyl letters to just put the recipient's first initial in the left corner of the box. So to stick with my modern look I was going for. I'm pretty happy with my results :)
I found these ADORABLE cat toy bento boxes at Target. I got Gibson the sushi one. I wrapped it. He'll get it on Christmas lol
In a somewhat interesting turn of events, my father in law has decided to start biking!
We tried to convince him he needed to go to the local bike shop with us and get a "real" bike, but he's your average American consumer and ended up buying a $200 department store bike. I'm sure it's okay to get him started, but wow it weighs 40lbs. (My current bike weighs 30 and the one I'm getting with our tax return weighs 20), so 40lbs is pretty rough... either way, we're super glad he's interested in getting into it. I think we're going to build him a bike for father's day.
Speaking of bikes, have I shown you guys the one I finally decided to get? It's beautiful.
With tax, I believe I figured up that it will be around $1,070.
Well, I'll have to buy some pedals as well, but I have a feeling Brian is going to be getting me those for Christmas. I could be wrong, but we'll see. :)
Either way, the ones I want will either be $40 or I think $60, so not a huge deal, a night's work at the bar will cover it.
I am so excited about this damn bike I could explode. It's got Sora components, which is Shimano's entry level stuff, but the next step up costs a lot more and this is already way better than what I'm on right now, so hey, I'm not complaining! If I want to, some day I can get online and find a used 105 set and upgrade my parts.
Okay, sorry. That was a lot of babbling. Just know that I am VERY excited!
and instead we somehow spent all of our money on gifts for the girls and our brother and sister in law haha. We didn't get a tree, but it was fun to have stuff to wrap. So I was okay with it.
I'm going for a classy look this year with the silver and blue. I already need more wrapping paper and more of the aqua ribbon as it was my favorite. I hand made all the bows because I couldn't find bows I liked. Also, each gift has either a little ornament or bell tied into the ribbons.
I used vinyl letters to just put the recipient's first initial in the left corner of the box. So to stick with my modern look I was going for. I'm pretty happy with my results :)
I found these ADORABLE cat toy bento boxes at Target. I got Gibson the sushi one. I wrapped it. He'll get it on Christmas lol
In a somewhat interesting turn of events, my father in law has decided to start biking!
We tried to convince him he needed to go to the local bike shop with us and get a "real" bike, but he's your average American consumer and ended up buying a $200 department store bike. I'm sure it's okay to get him started, but wow it weighs 40lbs. (My current bike weighs 30 and the one I'm getting with our tax return weighs 20), so 40lbs is pretty rough... either way, we're super glad he's interested in getting into it. I think we're going to build him a bike for father's day.
Speaking of bikes, have I shown you guys the one I finally decided to get? It's beautiful.
With tax, I believe I figured up that it will be around $1,070.
Well, I'll have to buy some pedals as well, but I have a feeling Brian is going to be getting me those for Christmas. I could be wrong, but we'll see. :)
Either way, the ones I want will either be $40 or I think $60, so not a huge deal, a night's work at the bar will cover it.
I am so excited about this damn bike I could explode. It's got Sora components, which is Shimano's entry level stuff, but the next step up costs a lot more and this is already way better than what I'm on right now, so hey, I'm not complaining! If I want to, some day I can get online and find a used 105 set and upgrade my parts.
Okay, sorry. That was a lot of babbling. Just know that I am VERY excited!