Christmas and Spending Confessions...

Well Christmas is over, and I hope that you all had a great one! For me, my Christmas this year was a little bit different. My family is really not in great shape financially and I honestly thought I was not getting any presents this year. I'm an adult, so it's not hugely devastating or anything, just different. But as it turned out, I did get a few things. Among those, the new John Mayer cd, which I was hoping for. It's really good...I've been playing it in my car whenever I go out.

Even though Christmas is over, I've still been spending money! On boxing day, I went over to Michaels, around 6pm. I waited until later in the evening because I figured it would not be as crowded then, plus it was open until 9. Well, I was right about the crowds. It was the quietest I have ever seen this place. It was like, shopping heaven. I went because a few bead collections were half price. I spent about $40 which is great for the amount I got. I also went to Walmart but didn't get anything. They did have a lot of dvd's on sale, but none that I absolutely had to have. I was secretly hoping for some CD's to possible be on sale, but no such luck.

Then today I went to Chapters. I ended up spending a bit more than I was hoping to. Here is what I got:

• Eat Pray Love - X-mas present for my friend. I didn't think it was on sale, but when I checked my receipt it was 30% off so it only cost $14.80. ONE OF MY FAVOURITE BOOKS :)
  
• Celebutantes - on clearance for $6.99
• Agenda -$16.07 (30% off $22.95) its leather so it's soft and has space to write something for each day. I have to have that. I don't like the ones that are just calendars.
  
• New Moon movie companion - definitely didn't need this but I bought it to indulge in my new found obsession with the Twilight saga. I've already read the whole thing. $22.99

So I spent $65.18 at Chapters. :( More than I wanted to spend but I like to justify it by telling myself that books are never a waste of money, I mean, reading is good for you, and I love to read. But this gave me an idea for a goal for next which I will tell you about later.