SCROOGE? NOPE IT'S JUST TIME SOMEONE SAID IT OUT LOUD.
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My computer crashed a few weeks ago. So my updates will be few and infrequent for a while. I'm hoping of having a new one by this Saturday or Sunday. Otherwise probably not until Feb. or March. Hang in there I will update when I can.
Scrooge?...Bah Humbug!!!
With Christmas upon us I have taken the time to reflect and look back at Christmas Past. There are a few things that I noticed was bothering me during this undertaking. Have you ever noticed that couples often buy one gift for people and give it away from both of them? I bet you that some old cheap married couple invented this idea years ago. The guy tip toed over to his wife and whispered in her ear "Guess what honey? Now that we are married we can buy one gift for everyone and have each gift be from both of us. Not having to buy two gifts means that we only spend half as much money! Hehehe." If only I could find that bastard now.
It's a damned if you do damned if you don't situation. It works as follows: If you are the couple the proper way to do it is to spend what each of you would have spent on the present. Say you had budgeted $20.00 per person they should spend $40.00 on one person if they want to give a gift as a couple. More often than not a couple will skimp and spend $20.00 per person as a couple and then use the other 20 bucks for something else. The nice thing is that they can still put some thought into what that person wants and give a nice gift. Now as a single guy buying for a couple to spend the same expense you would have to cut your budget in half per person @ $10.00. Which, sad to say it's pretty hard to find a nice gift for someone at that price. The other alternative is to spend $20.00 and buy them something as a couple. The problem is finding a nice gift for a couple that they will both want. So you end up going with something generic like a gift certificate for somewhere. The problem is that is generic. I'll get to that next. Anyway, this is what I have personally decided: For any couple that buys me a gift from the both of them...I will buy both of them a gift from me. Bah Humbug...lol
Cheap gifts...have you ever gotten that gift that made you feel like you were an after thought? I have. It's important to understand that I feel a gift is something you give someone because you think they will like it. As opposed to a present something you give someone that you want them to have. I can understand afterthought type presents from Secret Santa's and the like, but from friends and family I just prefer to get something other than a gift card. If you are going to do that you might as well just give me cash so I can spend it anywhere that I'd like.
Next I would like to talk a little about Christmas Trees. I have made no secret that I'm single. I have not put up a Christmas Tree since I moved out of my parents home. My mom, sister have always gotten after me to put up a tree. Recently I had lunch with a friend and she seemed rather shocked that I didn't put one up. Why should I though? Spend $100.00 or more to buy a tree, lights, ornaments, etc...to have a tree that only my dog and I will enjoy. If I had a girlfriend that spent alot of time at my place I would probably do it. Then I would have someone to enjoy it with. Until that time I probably won't. Besides, if I'm really in the mood to go look at a tree I can always find someone that has one like my sister or a friend with a girlfriend. At least then I would have someone to enjoy it with. Plus I'm not stuck watering the stupid thing. Trying to dispose of it when I'm done, or vacuming up pine needles.
Sadies Corner:
I have so much to say, and so little time. Well the most eventfull thing latley was that Adam and Calin came over. Adam brought cookies. He ate most of them, but he left them on the table and Jesse didn't seem to notice. So I waited for Jesse to go to work. Then I pulled them off the table. Score!!! The mother load. 8 chewy chips ahoy cookies. Wooooo Hoooo and Good Times. After I finished eating them I had even more amusing time shredding the wrapping. Then Jesse came home. He had seen what I did and it was not good times. He didn't tell me that it was ok and that he loved me again until after he cleaned up the mess I had made. I felt soo bad. It's ok though because he loves me again. Woooo hoooo.
Well to all my loyal readers. I must go. My friend would like his computer back. Until next time. I will try to update again as soon as I can. Keep a computer for me in your prayers.
Merry Christmas.
My computer crashed a few weeks ago. So my updates will be few and infrequent for a while. I'm hoping of having a new one by this Saturday or Sunday. Otherwise probably not until Feb. or March. Hang in there I will update when I can.
Scrooge?...Bah Humbug!!!
With Christmas upon us I have taken the time to reflect and look back at Christmas Past. There are a few things that I noticed was bothering me during this undertaking. Have you ever noticed that couples often buy one gift for people and give it away from both of them? I bet you that some old cheap married couple invented this idea years ago. The guy tip toed over to his wife and whispered in her ear "Guess what honey? Now that we are married we can buy one gift for everyone and have each gift be from both of us. Not having to buy two gifts means that we only spend half as much money! Hehehe." If only I could find that bastard now.
It's a damned if you do damned if you don't situation. It works as follows: If you are the couple the proper way to do it is to spend what each of you would have spent on the present. Say you had budgeted $20.00 per person they should spend $40.00 on one person if they want to give a gift as a couple. More often than not a couple will skimp and spend $20.00 per person as a couple and then use the other 20 bucks for something else. The nice thing is that they can still put some thought into what that person wants and give a nice gift. Now as a single guy buying for a couple to spend the same expense you would have to cut your budget in half per person @ $10.00. Which, sad to say it's pretty hard to find a nice gift for someone at that price. The other alternative is to spend $20.00 and buy them something as a couple. The problem is finding a nice gift for a couple that they will both want. So you end up going with something generic like a gift certificate for somewhere. The problem is that is generic. I'll get to that next. Anyway, this is what I have personally decided: For any couple that buys me a gift from the both of them...I will buy both of them a gift from me. Bah Humbug...lol
Cheap gifts...have you ever gotten that gift that made you feel like you were an after thought? I have. It's important to understand that I feel a gift is something you give someone because you think they will like it. As opposed to a present something you give someone that you want them to have. I can understand afterthought type presents from Secret Santa's and the like, but from friends and family I just prefer to get something other than a gift card. If you are going to do that you might as well just give me cash so I can spend it anywhere that I'd like.
Next I would like to talk a little about Christmas Trees. I have made no secret that I'm single. I have not put up a Christmas Tree since I moved out of my parents home. My mom, sister have always gotten after me to put up a tree. Recently I had lunch with a friend and she seemed rather shocked that I didn't put one up. Why should I though? Spend $100.00 or more to buy a tree, lights, ornaments, etc...to have a tree that only my dog and I will enjoy. If I had a girlfriend that spent alot of time at my place I would probably do it. Then I would have someone to enjoy it with. Until that time I probably won't. Besides, if I'm really in the mood to go look at a tree I can always find someone that has one like my sister or a friend with a girlfriend. At least then I would have someone to enjoy it with. Plus I'm not stuck watering the stupid thing. Trying to dispose of it when I'm done, or vacuming up pine needles.
Sadies Corner:
I have so much to say, and so little time. Well the most eventfull thing latley was that Adam and Calin came over. Adam brought cookies. He ate most of them, but he left them on the table and Jesse didn't seem to notice. So I waited for Jesse to go to work. Then I pulled them off the table. Score!!! The mother load. 8 chewy chips ahoy cookies. Wooooo Hoooo and Good Times. After I finished eating them I had even more amusing time shredding the wrapping. Then Jesse came home. He had seen what I did and it was not good times. He didn't tell me that it was ok and that he loved me again until after he cleaned up the mess I had made. I felt soo bad. It's ok though because he loves me again. Woooo hoooo.
Well to all my loyal readers. I must go. My friend would like his computer back. Until next time. I will try to update again as soon as I can. Keep a computer for me in your prayers.
Merry Christmas.
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