Not one surprise this year for me.
You would think that being gone for five months might buy a parent some time to get one little thing. My mom purposefully waited for me to come home so we could do all the shopping together. I'm used to doing that, but she broke her tradition of going out by herself at least once so I can be all, "Hey, I don't remember picking that out with you."
It doesn't help when my b-day is five days before Christmas and I have to go through the same thing twice in one week. At least I managed to surprise everyone with what I got them.
Well, there's always next year.
Happy Holidays to everyone!
This year we even helped wrap our presents. And for my birthday...she almost got away with buying me a realy pretty chess set right in front of me. My sister and I, however, have gotten really good at hiding presents from her. We bought her a fountain to go out side her bedroom door and it's been in HER trunk for the past 2 weeks. Also, my dad bought her a new wedding ring (she lost hers this year) and he's managed to pay for it without her knowing, eventhough she takes care of the money. The to add to her confusion, today she and my sister went to an antique store where there was a tea cart that she wanted. It was gone and the clerk said something about my sister being the one who bought it (which she was not). So now my mom is convinced that my dad got it for her. Christmas will be a big surprise for her (not so much for the rest of us)
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