Rewind

Let’s go back to Christmas, shall we?

This Christmas, we went down to Mom & Dad’s. On Christmas morning, the kids woke us up to open gifts, but Aidan was a little less than enthusiastic. He had PSP on the brain, but since his Christmas cash hadn’t come in yet, he only had about $70.00. I know he expected to open up his PSP, but Daddy and I stood firm. Okay, Daddy did, ya girl almost broke.

Anyway, at our big family dinner, aunts and uncles started handing out cash, and everybody knew that Aidan needed to get to $128. He brought me his new cash and his wallet, and sweated bullets while we did the final count. Of course you all know that if he hadn’t have had the money then, my Dad would have probably strangled the rest of it out of me, but he did! And, here you have the results of weekly dollars, chores for quarters, and Christmas cash:

One happy Aidan! I was so proud of him, even though a week before Christmas he gave up and decided he’d just spend $70 on NinjaGo men and Daaaaddy had to make him keep saving. In the end, he was very proud of himself, and now he’s decided he’s going to save up for a camera. We’re only $37 in, folks, it’s gonna be a long haul.

Now, let’s talk about ME, shall we? I never told you guys that a while ago, I had the pleasure of meeting MissMileHigh! Lemme tell you, it was like talking to an old friend. We sat there for hours and laughed and talked, and her cupcakes are, indeed, delicious!! While we were there, we noticed that we had the same Coach handbag, but in different colors. I mentioned that I was going to get the matching wallet, but I was being cheap and I didn’t. Turns out, we both like Coach, and we both don’t like hugging. Thought nothing else of it.

Until….I arrived home from Memphis after the New Year all sad and lonely and there was a box. Finally! My Secret Santa gift!! By this time, I’d figured out that my earlier guess of NerdGirl was dead wrong (which one of you could have told me. Losers.) so I couldn’t wait to see what goodies MissMileHigh had put in my box.

It was very light, and I was very curious. Wrapped in pink paper, wrapped in more plastic. Then I saw the brown C. I know it anywhere. “No she didn’t try to trick me with something wrapped up in Coach plastic. O_o Wait..is that the…no she didn’t!!!” And then picture me holding this like Aidan above:

That’s right! A Coach bag. BAM!! My secret Santa came through like a MACK TRUCK baby!!!

I was very pleased, and I’m very thankful to my Secret Santa. I could hug you, but even better, I totally won’t. .

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