Dispatches from Nowhere 12.22.05
I never feel like I have bought enough presents for my wife.
Maybe I’m saying something about myself here - but unless I find something really (and I mean really) cool, I don't feel like I bought enough for her. The sad thing is I know she will like what I got her, I know that she is happy with what I have bought her so far - maybe that is the trick. You can't really surprise her. She never really expresses an interest in anything that is weird and tech-y or geeky or what have you.
I hate buying flowers because, while they are pretty, they die. I hate that. She is a needle work and knitting junkie - but I already got her the cool books and she has all the needles she will ever need. (Don't talk to me about yarn. We have stacks of it.) I don't know. maybe I’m expressing my own insecurities here more than anything else, but unless I have Quested for said item, it just doesn’t feel like I’m done.
All that being said - my shopping is complete. I cannot think of anything else to get for her. Actually - I think all of our shopping is done. Kids, family members, etc, etc, etc. Everyone is done. Such bad consumers we are. Shouldn't we be out there spending and boosting the consumer confidence index?
Nahh.
The only shopping I may do now is to make cool food type stuff. Cookies, cakes, and pies. You know all the stuff that makes the holiday season taste really good - but makes your pants not fit at the end? Then again, maybe I won’t.
It doesn’t matter. I got what I wanted for Christmas this year. Another year with my family. Another year of all of them safe. We added a few new members to the family this year, and welcome additions they are. Oh wait, I'm not supposed to be nostalgic until after Christmas right? Oh well.
Either way, once the materialism of the season is stripped away – I’m just happy that we made it through another year (relatively) unscathed.
The day after Christmas, my family and I head down to sunny Florida to rendezvous with the rest of the clan. I don’t think the lot of us has been in one place since my brothers wedding. I know we haven’t been in one place for Christmas in years. This should be fun.
Maybe I’m saying something about myself here - but unless I find something really (and I mean really) cool, I don't feel like I bought enough for her. The sad thing is I know she will like what I got her, I know that she is happy with what I have bought her so far - maybe that is the trick. You can't really surprise her. She never really expresses an interest in anything that is weird and tech-y or geeky or what have you.
I hate buying flowers because, while they are pretty, they die. I hate that. She is a needle work and knitting junkie - but I already got her the cool books and she has all the needles she will ever need. (Don't talk to me about yarn. We have stacks of it.) I don't know. maybe I’m expressing my own insecurities here more than anything else, but unless I have Quested for said item, it just doesn’t feel like I’m done.
All that being said - my shopping is complete. I cannot think of anything else to get for her. Actually - I think all of our shopping is done. Kids, family members, etc, etc, etc. Everyone is done. Such bad consumers we are. Shouldn't we be out there spending and boosting the consumer confidence index?
Nahh.
The only shopping I may do now is to make cool food type stuff. Cookies, cakes, and pies. You know all the stuff that makes the holiday season taste really good - but makes your pants not fit at the end? Then again, maybe I won’t.
It doesn’t matter. I got what I wanted for Christmas this year. Another year with my family. Another year of all of them safe. We added a few new members to the family this year, and welcome additions they are. Oh wait, I'm not supposed to be nostalgic until after Christmas right? Oh well.
Either way, once the materialism of the season is stripped away – I’m just happy that we made it through another year (relatively) unscathed.
The day after Christmas, my family and I head down to sunny Florida to rendezvous with the rest of the clan. I don’t think the lot of us has been in one place since my brothers wedding. I know we haven’t been in one place for Christmas in years. This should be fun.
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