Well I've been a busy bee!!

SHOP TILL YA DROP!!

That's what I've been doing for the past week leading upto Christmas...

Hubby's immediate family have a 'club' where we put $20 a week into - money is to be used to for 'things' that crop up...this year, we have decided to give hubby's parents $150 each, all the kids $100 each...and for the adults we are doing a Secret Santa, $100 limit using our own money.

So, hubby got his brother, I got hubby's cousin ( who is like a brother which is why he is included in our club) and my brother ( who is really close to the inlaws lol) got hubby's sister. Well, both men didn't know what to get...so I dedided what gift they should get their person...

SIL I got 2 tops from City Chic and a huge gold photo frame with three pics...one of her FIL, two of her and FIL...fil passed away a couple of months ago, she worked full time AND looked after him too...he was 79yr old, paralised, so bed ridden and totally dependant on 24 hour care which my inlaws provided as he lived with them...but anyway, I'm the photographer in the family and the pics are really neat...she's gonna LOVE that!!

BIL I got a Rubbermaid chilly bin with dual lid and wheels...bought a gas mate set of bbq'ing untensils as I know someone just bought him a flash bbq!

Cousin I got a tackle box and filled it with sinkers, hooks and other fishing bits n bobs lol.

I've also done a lot of shoppign for myself...clothes!!

One of hubbys cousins work at Jeanswest...40-60% off people!! How could I resist!! I bought about 8 tops for myself! All size L and XL. Last night I bought me two pairs of shorts from Suzzanegrae(sp) both sz 16!! And when I bought SIl's tops from City Chic, I bought myself a GORGEOUS white off the shoulder top...size S LMAoooOo Ok, so their sizing are way off...it's a plus size store, so their size Smalls are reall a sz 16? The lady reckoned it was the last top of that style left in NZ and so many ladies had come in to try it on but it didn't fit...but hey presto - it fit me like a glove!! i felt like cinderella LOL.

The kids have all been totally spoilt!! Hubby and my bro went halves and bought our boys a Playstation 3. They choose a game each with their $100 from teh family and spent the rest of it on toys at the toy shop. Miss 8 got an Ipod Nano which doesn't just play music, it also takes pics and video...can you tell I'm not a tech geek...I wouldn't know an apple ipod from a red delicious LMAO.

Oh and on Tuesday my eldest brother was released from prison...*sigh*...anyway, I went down to Huntly to pick him up, took him all the way to Auckland CBD to an organisation that helps set them up...had a couple of hours to spare so asked him what he wanted to eat for lunch - first meal out and all...and he said KFC LMAOooOOO!! So off we went, straight to the nearest KFC...had a really good time to be honest. Glad I did that for him. I gave him $30 for his xmas gift to help him out a bit. he was very greatful for that. He called me later that night to tell me about his new place...and to tell me his new land line number. So far so good...dunno if he's changed or not, time will tell I guess. I just know that he's really manuipulative and cunning...so as long as I don't fall for his 'feel sorry for me shit' I should be all good lol.

Hmmm what else has been happening? Well, my vege garden is looking AWESOME!! Picked my first lebanese cucmber this morning...been picking fromt he spinich for the past two weeks! The money I have saved on buying spinich alone has more than paid for all the vege that I bought to plant!!

My weight is stuck at 98.'whatever' kgs...and I don't see any change in that over the next couple of days with xmas and what-not!