Scrooged November 21, 2005 ~ 11:27 am
Posted by Julie in : Daily Grind , trackback
Lake George, NY
Christmas spirit struck this morning as I was at the eye doctor’s. To be fair, my pupils were dilated, I couldn’t focus on things, there was not a lot I could really do. So while trapped in the exam room waiting for the rest of my eye exam, I started making lists. Lists of Christmas presents already taken care of, Christmas presents still to be bought, Christmas wrapping paper needed, trips to the Post Office necessary to mail crap, and people who would probably not appreciate an entirely homemade Christmas (ie, my brother and sister-in-law, who will look at the lovely scarves I’ve knit for them and think “Wow, Julie was cheap this year”). All the money I thought I was saving with homemade gifts? Yeah, not so much. Seriously, people are getting a handmade gift and a book for Christmas.
I do think I can scale back on overall Christmas spending this year, though, which is good because I have to. We got word today that no one will be getting merit increases at my job because we didn’t get the extra amount in tuition that we were supposed to get. I’ll still get my annual cost-of-living increase, but not the raise I was hoping for. And I’m not holding my breath that my union will get a new contract this year - the mayoral race is over, Mike Bloomberg doesn’t have to look like the friend of the teachers now, and what the hell, we’ve been working without contract for three years, what’s another one?
So here I am, trying to figure out how to give people a nice Christmas without breaking the bank. I think Denis Leary said it best when he said, Merry Fuckin’ Christmas.
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