It seems all mommy bloggers (who actually earn in dollars and would benefit from buying online) are on a mad rush to get some early Christmas Shopping done so stuff can arrive just in time for the holidays!

How I wish I can claim to be one of them – heehee. Learning from last year’s experience (I had to strike that out – Glo will claim I never learn), I didn’t buy miscellaneous stuff which will not survive after Christmas season. I only bought clothes for us, not much though (I intend to go to a friend who sells at tiangges for that) and some Ikea items I love to hoard (picture and CD boxes). Perhaps worth waiting for is the Corelle dinnerware I’m getting. I bit the bullet and decided to get one. A set costs 5k-9k here while at Walmart it only costs $60 Im so tired of having melamine mismatched plates. I want something nice for us to eat even if we eat noodles

I didn’t get many toys for the kids (I dont have that much money). Just one item for each of them – nope, not spilling, I know my family reads my blog I am so sure they will have lots of gifts and more money than their parents come holiday season. So I just got one present for them from us (Mommy and Daddy). Edil will take care of the gifts from Santa (Matthew still believes in him).

Even if we don’t have money this year (well, we never have money anyways but last year I had a lot of extras because I had work and I earn big from blogging), I’m so excited because 1) This is my first Christmas at home – no work! Edil has Christmas vacation too so we are planning it very carefully. For once, Edil is PLANNING! He told me to have something nice planned for each day of December (like the Advent Calendar) and do a treasure hunt, with a Bible story as a guessboard (Matthew is all about the bible these days). I can’t believe Edil actually said that – Im supposed to be the one thinking of ideas like that :D) 2) This is our first Christmas on our own (rented) house – I want to decorate it with my ideas! (I hope I can go with Mommy to Divi soon) 3) And if we get truly lucky, maybe someone special will come home this Christmas too

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