Bopeep

Christmas in July and Prime Day kicked my tail. I'd love to say I spent most of my money on gifts, and I did get a few, but I have to admit most of it was spent on ME. I told myself I wasn't going to spend any money apart from necessities for at least all of August, but then I bought tickets for 8 to take a ride on the Polar Express this year! I'm pretty excited about it! But now I really have to stop spending money .

Happy Birthday!!

Looks like you get the $10 back in "bounceback savings" within 3 days. I'm not sure, but I'm guessing that $10 is an Amazon credit.

Happy July!

The new forum is going to take a minute to get used to, but I like it.

QVC is gearing up for Christmas in July by clearing out last year's Christmas items. Now I'm excited about CIJ, and that really gets me excited for Black Friday!

QVC is having a Christmas blowout clearance sale, to gear up for Christmas in July. So of course, I spent money I shouldn't have on stuff I didn't need. But now I'm ready for CIJ, and then Black Friday, and then real Christmas! I think I'll listen to some Christmas music today .

I hope everyone has a happy Mother's Day weekend!

Welcome Spring!

I don't follow the NFL much, I prefer NCAA. I do watch the Super Bowl though, mostly for the commercials . That said, the Chiefs' long snapper is from my small Oklahoma town, so we get pretty excited when KC is in the big game. Yay Chiefs!

I was saying that same thing just yesterday.

I hope your birthday was wonderful, Gator Pam!

Me too!

Happy New Year! There's some familiar names on the drop out list. I hope they're all ok and they just got busy.

You're so welcome, I'm glad you liked it!

Let us know what you think of the Creami. I want one, just not sure how much I'd actually use it . My son asked me a couple weeks ago what I wanted for Christmas, and I said "Oh, I don't know, get me a Kit Kat!". So I got a king size Kit Kat bar and a bag of mini kit kats . That gift might mean more to me than anything he's ever gotten me, LOL. I also go a canvas with each of my grands' handprints on it. Love it.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas Santas! Thank you all again for a wonderful season. I'm already looking forward to next year! Here's the list of Santas and their recipients: Coastiwife gave to Reinholt1sMom Sunni0913 gave to Coastiwife HanShotFirst gave to Reinholt1 gatorburg gave to BFAddict716 BFAddict716 gave to ilikefree msyves gave to Illinoismom Bopeep gave to jstluvem setlok73 gave to gatorburg Kash gave to Bopeep tyreejames gave to jesusluvu wittenlover gave to setlok73 ilikefree gave to Spice9195 Spice9195 gave to Sunni0913 ytmomof4 gave to tyreejames Illinoismom gave to HanShotFirst jstluvem gave to Kash tracy0504 gave to msyves jesusluvu gave to tracy0504 Reinholt1 gave to wittenlover Reinholt1sMom gave to ytmomof4 And the ornament exchange: Kash gave to BFAddict716 Sunni0913 gave to Bopeep msyves gave to Coastiwife BFAddict716 gave to jesusluvu jesusluvu gave to jstluvem BoPeep gave to ytmomof4 jstluvem gave to msyves Coastiwife gave to Sunni0913 ytmomof4 gave to Kash

all done. The stockings are hung...

Christmas Eve, my kids and grandkids will come to my house and open gifts. I've tried doing a whole dinner thing that night, but no one is ever really interested and then I just have a big mess to clean up . They will probably leave fairly early, and if they do I will head up to my sister's and we will go drive around looking at lights. Christmas Day, my sisters and I will go to our Mom's. It's a low-key hang out and we'll just have sandwiches and enjoy being together. Some of the kids might drop by at some point during the day. The evening after Christmas, we will be back at Mom's for the whole family dinner. I will make chicken & dumplins and rolls, my sister will make fried chicken, and my other sister will make potatoes. We had a heck of a time trying to schedule that dinner this year. Several years ago, we had decided we would always do it the Saturday after Christmas. This year my nephew's wife's family is renting a cabin for the weekend of New Years, so they can't be there. The older Mom gets, the more important it is to us that every one of her kids and grandkids are there for Christmas, but with the grandkids grown with families of their own, as well as jobs and other responsibilities, that's not always easy. I don't usually do much on New Year's Eve. Sit back in my recliner with a book and a cup of cocoa and flip through the celebrations on the TV .

Every Secret Santa gift has been received! Thank you all SO much for the notifications. We had 2 ornament exchange packages walk away from their recipient after delivery, but those have been made right and replacements should be delivered today or tomorrow. All in all, it's been a successful Secret Santa year thanks to all of you.

Hope you had a happy birthday!!

I received my iPad. It's shiny and new and I love it . Thanks again!!

Am I the only one that gets stressed out trying to find just the right Dirty Santa gift? My office is having our Christmas party next Monday. We will be playing Dirty Santa, with a $25 max limit. What do you find to be the best Dirty Santa/White Elephant gifts? I need some ideas .