frugalone
11-18-13, 8:27pm
Got an email from my sister today. She is hosting Thanksgiving, and asked that we bring our holiday wish lists.
I emailed her and told her that quite honestly, I'm thinking of just buying for the children, and possibly for my mother. She said to let her know for sure asap--it would be OK with her.
Some of you may recall my very upset threads last year about this very issue. Two years ago, when I was flat broke, I opted out of gift-giving altogether. Then, last year, I foolishly revived the whole thing, only to find my brother was upset at being left out of certain decisions. So I'm thinking that this year is the year!
I was just re-reading my old threads. I really let myself get too upset over the whole holiday thing. It's only one day, as the saying goes. The roof isn't going to fall in if I don't do what I've always done.
Postscript: It was kind of cool last year when we didn't go for Thanksgiving dinner (SO had minor surgery the day before). I always get stressed out over cooking, even though I'm not even the chef! We usually prepare a side dish, a vegetarian entree and a dessert. We're not very well organized so we end up doing a lot at the last minute, and it is stressful for me.
I emailed her and told her that quite honestly, I'm thinking of just buying for the children, and possibly for my mother. She said to let her know for sure asap--it would be OK with her.
Some of you may recall my very upset threads last year about this very issue. Two years ago, when I was flat broke, I opted out of gift-giving altogether. Then, last year, I foolishly revived the whole thing, only to find my brother was upset at being left out of certain decisions. So I'm thinking that this year is the year!
I was just re-reading my old threads. I really let myself get too upset over the whole holiday thing. It's only one day, as the saying goes. The roof isn't going to fall in if I don't do what I've always done.
Postscript: It was kind of cool last year when we didn't go for Thanksgiving dinner (SO had minor surgery the day before). I always get stressed out over cooking, even though I'm not even the chef! We usually prepare a side dish, a vegetarian entree and a dessert. We're not very well organized so we end up doing a lot at the last minute, and it is stressful for me.