Decisions...

The Christmas lists and sale ads are starting to come in, and I'll admit to stressing a bit already.

I love this time of year because I love giving gifts. I am trying to find the balance between saving/budgeting and being able to get the gifts I want to get for my friends and family.

We already made one "wise choice." We had plans to go on a cruise with my parents and brother's family for Christmas. With the Savings Race, and truthfully with saving for the adoption, we really did not need to be spending that money. So, sigh...we aren't going. It's for the best, right? Sacrificing a week in the Bahamas is nothing compared to the feeling of finally being able to hold our child. I need to keep reminding myself that.

This year we are getting one gift per family member (and really that's only 8 gifts) and then a few for close friends. Every year my mother and I make an Irish Mint Mocha Cream Liqueur. So, I will expand the yield and give that out in bottles as gifts.

Now Dave and I need to talk about gifts for each other...

Jessica