Happy Thoughts: Christmas Parties

I just now realized Christmas is only five days away. How exciting/stressful/crazy is that?? I am so excited to finish my Christmas shopping, (hopefully today,) wrap all my presents and put them under the tree! I love Christmas you guys. . . .

. . . But I didn't always. From around 2004-2010 I was not a fan of Holidays, at all. I hated decorating, I hated celebrating, I was the ultimate Grinch. Why I was this way I'll never know, I just was not a fan of Holidays! Once I had jobs, I begged to work holidays, (especially when I could work 10-12 hour shifts because of no school!) Holidays weren't holidays to me, they were days off of school, days I could make a little extra money.

So in 2010 things started changing. I moved out of my parents house for the first time and I began to realize something, I LIKED decorating my own place, I LIKED spending time with family, and I DIDN'T like working holidays! I guess once you're not around family 24/7 you actually enjoy the time you are with them! (Who knew?)

I'm a huge Holiday lover now! I try to go all out wanting to decorate, but the husband doesn't let me, (mostly because we don't exactly have the funds to decorate for every holiday,) I buy too many presents for too many people, (but it's just so fun,) and I get so excited for the littlest things, especially little parties.

But parties are a big deal. Someone spends a lot of time planning and preparing, so I try to go to all the parties, even if it's just for a little while. Shane and I weren't able to make it to his family party this year, (it was in Idaho and we can't take off work right now,) but that's ok. (There's always next year.) Tonight I have my work party for Sizzler, it should be fun! I'm bringing my little sister since Shane can't come, we're eating pizza, playing games, and just hanging out, (I love the Sizzler staff!) Tomorrow afternoon is my work party for Dura-Tuff. They're taking us out to lunch, giving us a gift, and then we get the afternoon off. (Sounds like a perfect party to me!) And that night is my family Christmas party! I look so forward to the party every year, I love spending time with my relatives, and we always have such good food and fun!

I just love Christmas, I love Christmas parties, I love Holidays. SO exciting this time of year is!