If you were around last year you remember that I got this Advent Calender and every day Teddy put a prize in it (or a clue where I can find the prize if it is too big to fit in the calender) and I took pictures of those prizes and posted them on my blog (my old blog I had to ditch due to creepy stalker) and bored all of you with them...well guess what...it is that time of year again (this time with more boring, useful gifts due to the economy)! Today's prize was a box of Swedish Fish which I vowed to split with Eli after dinner since I am trying to do STRICT Weight Watchers this week due to the fact that my pants are getting a little tight, then I went to Target and bought some candy to put in Eli's Advent Calender and I ate a bunch of Almond M and M's so ehhh.
I've been freaking out about Christmas in general due to my persistent joblessness and today it manifested in a stomach ache so I had to lay on the couch and feel sorry for myself and then I felt guilty for not doing anything...it is fun times around here at Chez Exile lately...honestly in some ways the holidays have been a good distraction, I try to focus on doing holiday-y things with out spending too much money and it keeps my mind busy.
I have been keeping up my jogging schedule and this weekend I'm running another 10K, I'm hoping to beat my last time of 1:04:something and keep it to under an hour. It has definitely been helpful to have a stress reliever and some goals. That's all I got for today, tune in tomorrow and see what kind of practical gift I get!
(just like last year if you have any photo requests let me know)
6 comments:
i love your advent calendar and loved seeing what you got each day last year : ) can't wait to see this year's items.
and--i am in the boat right beside you w/ the joblessness at christmas. it blows. really. i am trying not to be a scrooge and trying to focus on the good things. i've been shopping a little here and there because i have the time to visit every damn place for the best prices : ) but, yeah, it sucks. i could enjoy everything much more if i knew i were walking into a job come jan1 : ) alas, not yet.
i love your advent calendar. i wish i could look at your last years posts. stupid creepy stalker.
oh and Swedish Fish: AWESOME. i like to squish mine between 2 sour patch kids.
Yay for the return of the advent calendar! And good luck with the 10K this weekend--I'm going to predict a 56 minute race :)
I love that Teddy does this for you - what fun! It's so cool how you just enjoy things, no age restrictions attached.
We always seem to be low on money in December (could it be that I'm off work for 2 weeks? Hmmm). That makes for some stress, although I've gotten pretty good at getting creative with kooky gifts - today I used the $5 Hallmark coupon that was in MY (wink) WD magazine - bought a 2008 Simpson's ornament that was orig. $20, marked down 75% to $5 - so all I paid was 41 cents tax. LOVE IT! (And my kid will, too).
Anyway, hang in there - and congrats on keeping up with jogging!
Love Swedish Fish!
Does Eli love the calendars???
Yay ! I can't wait to see what you get every day! I love Swedish Fish.
We were kind of sad to have one of us unemployed this year for the holidays, but actually, now that we've talked about it, it's less stressful, because we are less stressed about gifts. I bet you have come up with some good ideas to spend less!
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