This year the holiday season has been more focused for me. I have no idea where the insight came from, but I have let go of so much and tried harder to replace all the extra "fluff" with people, appreciation and love. I brought a store-bought pie to Thanksgiving dinner, for heaven's sake. Those of you who know, really know...
Later that night the third-annual Black Friday extravaganza commenced, meaning my sister and I got to watch Hallmark Christmas movies for hours on end while our husbands razzed crowds of holiday shoppers. JR tried to trick me about buying a huge TV, but in the end, although the physical TV was in fact parked in my living room, it was just a trick. (He actually did buy it on our credit card, but only for the travel points) I thoughtfully considered "believing" him after my brother-in-law secretly ratted him out so I could spend the same amount on myself the following day (as a fair trade), but dang that conscience of mine...
Later that weekend our house turned into a Christmas wonderland! We went through a bunch of our decorations and tossed a lot, and bought some new. It made it even more fun to decorate with a few new decorations. We kept the old that still brings a lot of joy and ended up with some new decor that we just love. I really appreciated that before we bought anything new we thoughtfully decided the space we wanted to fill and de-cluttered before anything ever came home with us. I salute you, JR. My sensible sidekick to balance out; "Ooooohhh... so pretty, we need it!"
Bring on every ounce of Christmas cheer, the Sandovals are ready!
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