"CHRISTMAS WAS CHEAPER WHEN I WAS SINGLE"
Since I mainly live in Toronto my family out in the boonies will ask me to help them with
buying
presents. After just spending two months living in the country I was reminded as to how
hard it
was to get anything. The closest big grocery store is 25 minutes away and my beloved
HomeSense
is 45 minutes. I am really spoiled living in the big city having the convenience of 24 grocery
stores
and malls 5 minutes from my condo.
As I was touring around one of my favourite outlet malls looking for gifts I ventured into
Tommy
Hilfiger. I am not a huge fan of his stuff but at this particular outlet store I have great luck.
This
time I was not shopping for myself though I was looking for gifts. Before when I was single I
would
buy a gift for my brother and then buy a gift for me … buy a gift for my mom and buy
another gift
for me. Of course this is when you find the best deals when you are shopping for someone
else.
And it didn’t matter I had just my family and myself to buy for.
But now after being in a relationship for the past year it takes Christmas to a whole new level
not
only do I have another family to share the holidays with but I also have to buy more gifts
especially
for my beau. Last year I got away with one gift for him but not this year now it’s about
having a
pile of gifts under the tree, waking up on Christmas morning together with over-flowing
stockings. My budget did not allow for the “buy one buy one for yourself deal”.
Of course I see the perfect casual dark teal satin-ish dress for me. Perfect to pair with tights
and
knee high boots and my nice wide black leather belt I bought there last summer. I did not
see the
gift I was looking for but I did see some for me. I carried the dress around on my arm while I
checked out the rest of the store. Keep in mind this dress was only $20 bucks super cheap
but
again it was not in my budget. I had another Christmas dinner to think about which equals
more
booze more food more desserts and more booze.
With a major fight with my inner self and onlookers thinking I was crazy as I put the dress
back
and picked it up again. I finally put the dress down and quickly left the store. I thought hey
maybe
ill get some money from Santa and ill pick it up after the Holidays? Of course at that price it
just
might be gone.
I may not have a nice shiny new dress to wear to Christmas but I do have a nice shiny new
extended family to share the Holidays with. I would trade all the clothes in the world for
them☺
PS. Santa here’s a link to the dress size medium and it’s cheaper at the outlet store (and is
more teal in person) …
hopefully
your sleigh can fit in the parking lot.
Erin's Little Teal
Dress
