Hey Bettie,
Sounds like it was a great christmas party! Well done on not giving in to the temptation of raffles and 50/50 splits. You’re doing well. It’s a good feeling when you’re able to give to charity also isn’t it? I know that I feel better when I make a donation to charity.
Boy the saying, "what goes around comes around" sounds like it’s very true in your case. You make a cash and toy donation to charity and then someone gives you a very generous gift card of $50! I know you certainly didn’t make the donation in order to get anything back but that just makes you even more deserving of the gift you got.
enjoy decorating your house. I am still undecided of whether to get a tree or not this year. I’m not here from 23rd dec for a week as i’m going to my sister’s for christmas. the cost of a tree and decorations is all money that i’m not flushed with at the moment too. But it may be a good way to cheer me up. If I do do it it will probably be done on a spur of a moment and i just go out and buy a tree then and there.
stay strong,
alice x"Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense." Ralph Waldo Emerson
