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OK, OK. I caved.
I’m Christmas shopping this year.
We took a two year hiatus and as silly as it sounds, one of my favorite parts of Christmas is time spent wandering around the outdoor mall on a Saturday night looking for a sweater or a warm pair of socks for my husband. I love the smell of the giant decorated trees. I love the carolers singing in their early 1900’s garb. I love it all.
We aren’t going overboard. We aren’t buying gifts for his second cousin twice removed or my great aunt on my dad’s cousin’s side. But there will be a gift under the tree with a fat name tag that says ‘CHRIS’.
Dave Ramsey will simply have to forgive me.
Are you celebrating this year? Or am I by myself on this?
Over the last week, I read Steven D. Levitt’s book, Freakonomics.
I am not a math person. I don’t get excited over statistics. And I generally turn the channel when ‘top economists’ are talking.
Despite that, I loved this book.
When an author compares the corporate structure of McDonalds to the hierarchy of gangs, I’m in. He talks about everything from cheating teachers, to poverty, to baby names and somehow it all makes perfect sense.
I did struggle a bit with his stance that the legalization of abortion reduced crime rates 20 years later because unwanted children, who would eventually grow up to be criminals, were aborted. That’s a bit of a stretch.
Levitt encourages readers to look through the surface of information and *gasp* use your brain. It’s a fascinating read.
Black Friday this year was particularly dangerous. In late 2008, I lost my job and had only recently picked up a new one. We were so busy putting our financial lives back together that Christmas gifts weren’t an option. In late 2009, my husband was laid off and didn’t have a job over the holidays. We skipped Christmas that year too. This year, not only are we both employed, my husband got a raise and things are looking good on my end too.
I was ready to shop this year.
But, crazy thing happened on Black Friday…
I had to work.
I think I heard the Hallelujah chorus blaring from my wallet the entire morning.
Oh well. There will always be next year.
Did you shop on Black Friday this year? Or did you have a moment of sanity and skip it?
What a great year this has been. I’m unbelievably thankful for my family, my friends, and *yay!* a good job in a bad economy.
I am so very blessed.
Wishing all of you a very happy thanksgiving!!
AND STAY AWAY FROM BLACK FRIDAY SALES!!
Friday afternoon I was called in for a meeting with the CFO.
I have been given strict instructions NOT to share the happenings of that meeting until the formal announcement in a few weeks.
So, I won’t share what happened behind those doors…yet.
What will I share? Window views are lovely.
I opened my trunk over the weekend to put in some groceries and saw a box of gloves and some wiping cloths. I asked my husband if they were his and he stared at me blankly. “Nope. Not mine.” he replied.
I thought perhaps the auto guy left them behind and I didn’t want him to miss the gloves so I drove to his house down the street to drop them off. When I showed him the gloves, he gave the same look my husband did. “No. Not mine.”
I checked with my brother. They weren’t his either.
‘NATURALLY’, I assumed they belonged to the guy who keeps breaking in to my car. Great. Now the guy is not only stealing from me, he’s framing me for other crimes. I could see myself on trial, “Yes your honor, those gloves and wiping cloths were in my possession and were identical to the ones used to commit the crime but I swear, someone put them in my car.” My brother suggested I take the box to the police for finger printing (clearly we share active imaginations and we watch too much CSI).
I called my husband and told him I was now terrified the thief won’t leave me alone. “He is taunting me!” I yelled. “He’s still in my car! What’s next? A parking ticket from Tijuana? A speeding ticket from Compton?! A stocking cap?!?”
“OK. So, maybe the gloves are mine.” he said trying not to snicker too loudly.
Turns out, my husband didn’t want me to know he was in my trunk because he noticed the small tool kit I bought him for his birthday and didn’t want to hurt my feelings since he saw it too early. He didn’t think I would actually try to return the gloves to the mechanic nor did he think I would question my brother about it and consider police involvement.
If I blow my debt out of proportion as much as I did the gloves, I think I’m in pretty good shape.
And yes, hubby apologized profusely.
My boss called me into his office yesterday morning and asked me to sit down. Of course, in this economy, I figured he was going to lay me off. Instead, he said he nominated me for a position two steps above my own. No one in my department has ever skipped a step so I was a bit surprised.
It took a few seconds to respond since my prepared speech was more along the lines of, “I have enjoyed working here and I hope you will consider me if a position becomes available. I’ll have my desk cleaned out in 5 minutes.”
I think I stuttered out a “Wow… Um… Cool” which is exactly the ‘professional’ appearance you want to portray when someone sticks his neck out for you.
He told me the promotion has to get approved by the CEO so nothing is official yet but he ended the conversation with…
“Just act surprised when they offer you the job ok?”
I can act surprised… but I can’t seem to wipe this silly grin off my face.
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