We had a great Christmas. We even celebrated an adoption yesterday, but more on that in a future post.
We treated ourselves a bit more this year than the past couple of years. We bought a new family computer, and bought some towels. Our old towels were given to us as wedding gifts, 15 1/2 year ago. It was time.
We also bought gifts for the kids, but trust me, we didn't go overboard.
As I read what others have to say about getting yourself out a a financial mess, usually there is something about treating yourself once in a while. That, I think is what this Christmas was about. Sure, that money could have gone toward further debt repayment, but you have to treat yourself once in a while.
Oh, yeah, all of this was cash flowed, we didn't go into debt on our little treat for ourselves!
Happy New Year to all.
Post-Christmas Post
December 31st, 2011 at 02:51 pm
December 31st, 2011 at 03:07 pm 1325344038
Congrats on the adoption, too.
December 31st, 2011 at 03:14 pm 1325344494
December 31st, 2011 at 04:04 pm 1325347482
Looking forward to your future post about adoption, this coming from someone who is/has been considering growing our family through adoption. We're getting serious about our options/foster-to-adopt or international. Glad you had a great Christmas on a cash basis!