Christmas Gifts

It's always fun to get presents and it's supposed to be fun to give presents.....  I would dare say that giving gifts should be so exciting you just can't wait for that person to open the gift that you worked so hard to get.  I am currently in that situation.  Until now I had always picked gifts that I was happy to give to someone, I had thought about that person and what they would like to have, need or something that they would just love.  I always started our Christmas gift shopping early so that it could all be done before Thanksgiving (that way we could save on shipping by just dropping off gifts for which ever family was our year for Thanksgiving with them).  This year is a little different.  We have struggled alot - so much has happened and with Dustin being without a job for so long we just didn't have the money to do that kind of thing.

While none of our siblings or parents are getting gifts from us this year, Dustin and I have been working on ways to make sure that we can have a little something so that David can feel like he has a Christmas.

Well as I got to working on ways we can have a Christmas for David and reading blogs as I do sometimes I actually came across this blog that I absolutely LOVE!  I can't tell you too much about it because Dustin might peek - so you'll have to wait until after Christmas.  Anyway, this blog had this awesome idea for a gift for your spouse.  I must admit that when I first read through it I thought I would have to change alot of things about the gift to make it more appropriate for us.  After reading through the entire blog that the idea came from I found out I don't have to change too much.

Really all that I want to say is that I have this really awesome gift for Dustin.  I am so excited about it, I wish it were Christmas today (David does too, by the way) so that Dustin could open this gift.  I think he will really enjoy it.  I got everything done on it last night and I haven't spent a single penny on it that is until tomorrow when I run to the store to buy a bag of kisses, but that will be it the cost of this present will be what $3.99 at the most?!  I'm so excited about this gift, not just because it was super cheap but because I really think Dustin will LOVE it as much as I do.

**Be sure to check back after Christmas and I will make sure to post details about Dustin's gift and the website I got the idea from.  Don't be sad if it's not right away after Christmas and more after the New Year - we are trying to move at the same time, but I will post all about it.  I'll even let you know what Dustin thinks of it - or he can.

I have come up with a couple of gifts that I can make for David so he will have something to look forward to also.  I'm not as excited about his gifts but I still think that he will love them just as much as Dustin will love his.

My new goal for the remainder of my Christmases is to find the gift to give that I am so excited to give it I just can't wait for Christmas to get here!  I will have to be extra creative, thoughtful and attentive to be able to do this.  It's my new goal anyway.  Isn't that part of the Spirit of Christmas anyway, to give rather than receive?

**Now, please note I didn't write this post so that you would all feel sorry for us and our meager Christmas.  I just wanted to let you know how excited I am and even though our Christmas is small I'm still soooo excited for it!  I'm probably more excited for Christmas (the actual day) this year than I have been for a long, long time.