Christmas Shopping

This Christmas season is my first season with a credit card. Ugh oh! The problem is that my family is so easy to shop for because we are so close. When I started writing down ideas for each member of my family their totals came to about $500 each! My mom and dad prefer that my sister and I do not spend over 50$ each on them and my older sister prefers I spend all my money on her but she knows that will never happen. I work all day long on a computer plus I live in freezing, cold Canada therefore shopping online during my work breaks is the most appealing option of Christmas shopping to me. Unfortunately all good deals have an additional $20 to $30 shipping fee on top of the taxes! Everyone knows the best gifts to get on Christmas are the personal ones that people put more time and thought into than money. For each member of my family I tried to think of something they did or said that I remember smiling and laughing about for days after it happened. For example, my dad is a pen lover (I know, he is weird). One day he left for work and came back about a half an hour later because he had gotten to work and realised he left his $100 fountain pen at home. From then on my family always kids around about him loving that pen more than the rest of us. I bought him another fountain pen so that he doesn’t have to turn around when he forgets his other pen at home. Fingers crossed that I don’t get too carried away with my credit card and that my dad doesn’t read my blog which would spoil his Christmas gift surprise!