Christmas Has Past--Now It's Time To Shop

Christmas is done. I'm going to miss it. Usually I feel like it shouldn't be over. Like something was missing. There should have been more. But, not this time. This year, I'm okay that it has past. I feel fulfilled. Maybe a little too fulfilled. As in, I ate way too much food and drank way too much beer and had way too much chocolate. To top it off I haven't exercised regularly for the past month. I've got in about two workouts a week on average. Blah. I'm slowly turning to mush. I suppose that's what the New Year is for. My New Year's resolution is only to continue my normal, four days a week workout. That shouldn't be too difficult.

I had a great Christmas this year. We didn't have any kids on the actual day of Christmas so Brian and I opened our Santa gifts and the presents to each other and fixed prime rib. I gave Brian a home theatre system that he has been looking at forever and he got me a vacuum. Yes, you read correctly--a vacuum. Hmph! I was mad. Super mad. I didn't want a vacuum. I didn't ask for a vacuum, and in fact, told him bluntly that he NOT get me a vacuum. I would take it back and get something I wanted. But alas, he bought me one anyway. Against my wishes and warnings of return.

So, for the past month there has been a huge present under the tree just for me along with three little gifts from the kids. Christmas morning, after I opened my wonderful Santa gifts, which included the movie Love Actually, the 45th anniversary Barbie and the matching ornament, I opened the huge gift. Which, as I stated before, contained a vacuum. I thought it was a big joke. Maybe there were real gifts inside the vacuum box. But there wasn't. It was a vacuum.

I think I wanted to kill him. I didn't understand what part of "I don't want a vacuum" was so difficult to comprehend. I think my disgust at the vacuum was apparent, so he got up, muttered something about how I had hurt his feelings and went out to the garage. He then brought in my real presents. He had actually bought me everything I had asked for. Everything--including the coat I so desperately wanted. I didn't think he was going to get me the coat. I also received the dish set with accessories that I had asked for to put in the kitchen and a Tim McGraw CD, because I loooove Tim McGraw.

The prime rib was delicious and the next day we picked up all the kids and had a Christmas Day with them and Brian's family. All in all everything went perfectly. Except for the vacuum. I don't even vacuum. Brian vacuums. And I think he has probably used the vacuum 10 times since Christmas Day. What a freak, but a sweet freak I suppose.

Oh, and shopping was done Monday, because I was also lucky enough to receive some spending money from Brian's parents. Three and half hours I shopped and loved every minute. I love shopping when the money is free. :)