Christmas budget
I always have a Christmas budget, but something happens to me when I get in the store. I always end up doubling, or like last year, quadrupling the budget. Not this year, I say!
This year I have a list of prices for gifts I want to give extended family. I know what I'm getting my parents and how much it costs. The only unknowns are for my grandparents, brother and sil, and Lucy, the niece.
I probably won't have a problem staying under budget for everyone except Lucy. It's like some kind of psychotic break happening when I shop for Lucy. I tend to take the view that it doesn't matter how much something costs for her. Sometimes I forget to check the price before buying it, and somehow the price at the counter doesn't register in my mind. It's not until I see it while looking at my checking account that I realize just how freaking expensive babies are.
Lucy is dangerous. I can only imagine how much more dangerous she will become as she gets older and starts to voice her wants.
This year I have a list of prices for gifts I want to give extended family. I know what I'm getting my parents and how much it costs. The only unknowns are for my grandparents, brother and sil, and Lucy, the niece.
I probably won't have a problem staying under budget for everyone except Lucy. It's like some kind of psychotic break happening when I shop for Lucy. I tend to take the view that it doesn't matter how much something costs for her. Sometimes I forget to check the price before buying it, and somehow the price at the counter doesn't register in my mind. It's not until I see it while looking at my checking account that I realize just how freaking expensive babies are.
Lucy is dangerous. I can only imagine how much more dangerous she will become as she gets older and starts to voice her wants.