Monday, November 23, 2009

Gearing up for Christmas

I heart Christmas, I really do. Although I haven't put up my tree yet (you can't do that until after Thanksgiving, all you crazy rule-breakers!!), I did get a bit of Christmas shopping out of the way.

Money is really tight this year, but I did manage to get Corbin her gift from mama. Let me just say I really love Barnes and Noble and my educator discount. :)

She will be getting her very own "Aye-yah" plush and Christmas book:


The plush was $35 plus shipping on Amazon.com, but they had it our "local" (I had to drive all the way to Savannah, haha) B&N and I got it for $10! :D Yay savings!


And then the Olivia Christmas book. I thought it was fitting. :)


It's a relief to have that out of the way because apparently the mall around here gets REALLY crazy around Christmas since it's the only one for MILES AND MILES. We still have to ger her present from daddy, but I hope we can get that over with soon, too! :)

So yay for Olivia! :) She was really excited when she saw the plush and book, so I can't wait for her to open them on Christmas morning!

ALSO, I'm embarking on a quest to knit Corbin a Christmas stocking. Wish me luck, har har har. Reading this pattern is like trying to interpret Japanese kanji!!!

2 comments:

Anna said...

Oh, that little pig is so cute! Great deal on your gift, too! And good luck with knitting a stocking, (lol), that's quite the ambitious undertaking! But you know, if you do pull it off, it's likely to last so much longer than one you'd buy at Wally World. Kudos and good luck!

Dommi said...

How cute!! I had planned on getting christmas out of the way before december came, but life and pregnancy got in the way. lol. dang bills!
Money is pretty tight here too, so I have to cut down on the presents and christmas spending this year too.
Max use to watch Olivia until they moved it to noggin/nick jr.