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What Happened To Thanksgiving?

I ran out to Wal-Mart this morning to pick up some travel-sized bottles for my toiletry kit, rather than lugging the full-sized bottles through three airports tomorrow. Since I’m only going to Texas for five days and will be staying with my mom (who does daily laundry out of boredom), I plan to just pack a carry-on and skip the whole $15 fee for checked luggage.

So this is, what, late August? Still a few months from Halloween, not to mention the whole food fest known as Thanksgiving. But what were the clerks stocking at Wal-Mart today? Christmas decorations. Not just a few ornaments and crumpled wreaths left from last year, mind you, but stockings, garland and cards, some of which looked like Christmas invitations.

WTF?

Here I’d hoped to lose 25 pounds prior to the holidays but from what I saw it looks like they’re coming early this year.

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Yep, Costco had their Christmas stuff out last weekend. I wonder when they’ll start playing Christmas music?

Comment by sarahk on August 27, 2008 at 9:05 pm

But… there’s nothing better than buying Easter and Valentine’s candy 50% off is there?

oh, I forgot. This blog is so not about candy.

I’ve learned to ignore the displays of what stores want me to buy. It took a while, but the only way to survive on a budget is make a list and stick to it.

That list and sticking to it is why my husband and I do NOT shop together. Neither one of us is capable of saying no to the other.

We often have Christmas at Thanksgiving because it’s worked out wonderfully for our daughters to have Christmas with their families. At Thanksgiving we can have them all together.

For the next couple of years, this has been messed up by the DC debutante ball held during Thanksgiving week. I’m thinking the in-laws who have a debutante should pick up the tab for all of use. They’re thinking otherwise ;-)

I love all the holidays and celebrate whenever I can.

Comment by Donna B. on August 28, 2008 at 7:16 pm

Make that “it’s worked out wonderfully for our daughters to have Christmas with their HUSBAND’S families.

Comment by Donna B. on August 28, 2008 at 7:18 pm

Maybe I should try my hand at candy-blogging — I came home from visiting my Mom with a bag of cherry sour balls, two bags of Haribo gummy bears (my favorite), three Snickers bars and a handful of Ghiradelli white chocolate wafers… all of which I promptly hid so my husband and son wouldn’t find them.

Comment by Chubby Mommy on September 3, 2008 at 9:09 am