money and christmas stress... ergh. (ventish)

jennymama

do i really need to say more??

i'm sure there are others out there who are behind on bills and haven't even shopped at all for anyone (including in my case, my 4yr old & 2yr old). i've been in a really fine mood up until today about cutting it down financially and not giving many gifts this year; but right now i'm feeling really REALLY frustrated. i'm not one to get wrapped up in the quantity of gifts = meaningfulness of the season. i enjoy time with my family and friends & reflecting on what we're all thankful for. i'm grateful that at least our mortgage is paid and we have food in our house. it's just at this second, i'm really sad that i haven't gotten even one gift to wrap and put under our tree.

being poor sucks.

seanandcallie

jennymama:

do i really need to say more??

i'm sure there are others out there who are behind on bills and haven't even shopped at all for anyone (including in my case, my 4yr old & 2yr old). i've been in a really fine mood up until today about cutting it down financially and not giving many gifts this year; but right now i'm feeling really REALLY frustrated. i'm not one to get wrapped up in the quantity of gifts = meaningfulness of the season. i enjoy time with my family and friends & reflecting on what we're all thankful for. i'm grateful that at least our mortgage is paid and we have food in our house. it's just at this second, i'm really sad that i haven't gotten even one gift to wrap and put under our tree.

being poor sucks.

 

i second this.

shimmerairbrush

Try not to feel bad...i don't know that it has anything to do with being poor, it may just be that with you being pregnant things just aren't getting done in a timely fashion. We are okay financially, but I tell you...I have NOTHING done! Nothing under the tree yet either! I am usually shopped, wrapped, and waitng for everyone else to catch up by now. But i just have other things on my mind and my dh is not exactly equipped to take over in the 'anal retentive get everything done a month in advance' department. Infact, he's useless. So this year i've just decided to relax. I'll get what i need to get done for my family this weekend and everyone else will jsut have to understand that we have an LO on the way and they come second. GL with everything and try to relax...

Lance&Becca

I share your frustration. We cut back majorly this year so I could be a SAHM. It's the first time we've had hardly anything to spend on ourselves and our families and it's been really hard picking out things on such a tight budget. I feel like I'm giving everyone crappy presents because we had almost no money.