Christmas First

I am a huge sucker for after Christmas sales on Christmas stuff.  Huge!  Just ask the hubster.  I refuse to buy Christmas stuff at full price unless it's super extra special*.  All my wrapping paper, tissue paper, ribbons, lights, decorations, all at 50% off or more!

So imagine the surprise at my own will power when I have only spent $20 on Christmas stuff.  It helps that I don't have a house to decorate anymore or a place to store anything I buy.  So far I've purchased

• One movie ticket stub ornament
• 3 rolls of wrapping paper
• 2 packages of gift tags
• 1 package of small boxes
• 1 package of slipper boxes
• 1 package of pill boxes
• 1 package of tissue paper
• peanut butter m&ms
• holiday mint m&ms

I walked away from two ornaments at Kohl's today too.  I've even perused the sale stuff online and have turned it all down.

* The hubster and I pick one ornament a year to purchase that kind of represents the year or something important to us.  We usually buy full price so it doesn't sell out when we do find "the one".  This year it was an Eiffel Tower ornament from Anthropologie.  Normally, we'd buy ornaments while we are on vacation, but apparently, Christmas ornament souvenirs are not popular in Europe as they are in the States.  One of my favorites is a snowboarding bear I bought in Vail over Fourth of July.