I’m kind of surprised we got quite a bit of shopping done today without having to find a sitter for the baby. We’ve been kind of afraid of taking her out and about with us. Part of it is because we’re still trying to protect her from the germs that are out there. We know she needs to be exposed to some germs to build her immune system, but with H1N1 all around us it’s best to keep her away from huge crowds.
The other part of it is I think we’re still afraid of taking her out in public and having her scream the whole time. Maybe it’s that we don’t want people to look at us and think we’re bad parents? There are so many people out there who automatically assume the worst and give you those dirty looks when your child cries out. Those are the people that make you feel like absolute dirt for disturbing them in public. Those are the people I’d like to kick in the teeth.well them and the people who park in the handicapped spots without a tag or a sticker (saw one today outside Big Lots).
We got over our fears, and we took her out shopping with us for most of the day. We started with a trip to the antiques store in town where Santa was visiting. After having her scream the whole time last week we wanted to try again hoping we’d get good photos this time. I didn’t want her baby’s first Christmas photo to be a big screaming face.
Boy am I glad we tried again, too, because this time Santa actually looks like Santa. Last week’s Santa was so scary looking I would have screamed, too, and his suit was definitely a cheap crappy one. This week’s Santa was as close to the real deal as you can get, and my little angel was sound asleep which made for a good photo.
After getting the Santa pic we headed out to finally do some Christmas shopping. We started at Tractor Supply where we got her a Christmas stocking so big we could fit 10 babies in it. Then we headed to Walmart for a couple items we needed before doing most of our Shopping at Big Lots. We finished the day at Family Dollar before heading back home with at least half our shopping list done.
I think I knocked out gifts for both my parents, Hubby’s Mom, and Hubby’s sisters. Now I just need to find something for my sis and her new Hubby, my stepmom, my step brother (it’s weird saying that now that my dad eloped), Joe, and my grandparents. I know what I’m getting Hubby’s dad, but I need to get it ordered this week. Everyone else is getting handmade goodies since I just can’t afford to go all out on presents this year. At least it looks like I may actually have my shopping done before Christmas Eve. If that happens it’ll be the first time in many years I haven’t spent Christmas Eve trying to pick up last minute presents in CVS before they close!
