Things I Really Want to Do this Year

Buy myself a bunch of presents, wrap them, and put them under my tree. Isn’t that funny?

I want an excuse to not care about my credit card bill for once (since January) and just buy stuff. For myself.

Oh, sure, I’ve budgeted money to buy stuff for other folks, but not for myself. I realize it is Christmas and that’s not how it works, but the chances of me getting the things I’m in dire need of this holiday season are decidedly slim, since everyone else is just as poor (if not more so) than I am.

Honestly, you know what I got for Christmas this year?

A job and health insurance.

And that’s pretty much the best Christmas present ever, let me tell you.

Maybe I’ll just buy some extra nice red ribbons for the tree. And bake cookies. Cookies are festive.

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