Traditions

One of our yearly holiday traditons

is I take a Friday off

near the end of November

grab Kat & Sam after school

and we go shopping for their Christmas presents

from Trevor & I

I used to get off pretty easy

a trip to Wal-Mart

a painful 2 hours in the toy department

then a quick pick of an outfit

and we were done

my how times have changed!

Although yesterday was Black Friday

in the states

Canada has not quite reached the pandemonium

of our neighbors in the south

and thank heavens for that

off to the mall we went and after 4 hours

and a food court supper

I dropped them off ~ a little poorer

but my ~ what a great time we had

we did go to Wal-Mart

and goofed around a bit with the Santa hats

as you can see

they make my heart sing ~ these 2 girls of mine.

Today the Christmas music is on

and I am in the midst of getting the decorations out

in an attempt this year to simplify

I am once again failing miserably

I guess I am much too attached to some of my material things

but you know what ~ that's ok

I will be fa la la la laing!

I am throwing around the idea of going out to the 

local craft fair tonight ~ still up in the air on it

I may just have a nice long bath

and snuggle in with a movie.

Hope you are having a wonderful week-end

and that your heart is full of joy.

xo