Showing posts with label giving gifts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label giving gifts. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Gearing Up for a Vacation

When I clock out at 6 on Friday, I will be on vacation. I will have 9 days to rest, relax, catch up on a couple TV shows and do a couple other things. I won't have a ton of cash to do much of anything. It always seems like a week or two before vacation, I seem to have a bigger bill that pops up. But that stuff happens. I always hope that I try out my unworn and actually review them but that never seems to happen. I think that I should make a concerted effort to review at least 3.

I have 2 birthdays coming up, my father's and a friend on my vacation. Gifts are already bought and I hope they both like them. My dad is getting a couple nice shirts and some lawn lights. My friend is getting a Bath and Body Works wall plug and some refills that should take him until January. My friend can't have candles but likes the smell of them, so this is the next best thing.

Even though I started a 3 wick candle yesterday, I hope to finish 2 more candles. Lets face it, after counting 33 candles and running out of shelf space, I really need to start using up some candles. Part of me wants to throw caution to the wind and burn an Heirloom Apple candle even though one person in my household hates the smell but part of me doesn't. I don't really want to deal with an argument. Let's hope I can figure something out and get the candle I have going finished by Saturday.

Sunday, November 3, 2019

Holidays Starting Early

It wasn't even Halloween when retailers started putting out Christmas decorations. It seems like the Christmas season is starting earlier and earlier and we probably start seeing that stuff right after Easter.

What is bugging me the most is that I am seeing so many more promos, sales and many other things in my e-mail. I love a good deal as anyone else but I know that most of them are not very good deals. Even with the promos and sales, they are still out of my price range or the quality isn't there. I will admit to the fact that I have started my Christmas shopping early and started in the beginning of October.

I work in retail myself and I don't make huge amounts of money. I have bills like everyone else. A little bit here, a little bit there and that is if I have the breathing room. My gifts are nothing extravagant but I make sure they are nice gifts and something that someone might not buy for themselves. I also keep it to something that they can use. I have gotten plenty of gifts that I can't use or won't use. Nothing says you don't give much of a shit if you can't pay attention to what I like, dislike or where I shop the most. What's the point of getting me a Kohl's or a Bed, Bath and Beyond gift card that I will never use? I will say that I love getting gift cards as a gift and a couple of my friends prefer them as a gift. But I pay attention to what they like and where they shop the most.