Christmas Eve Eve

Tuesday was a good day for the most part. It started early with Christmas shopping with my mom and grandma. I finished my last minute thing, a gift for Husband. He is the hardest person to shop for, so I went easy and got my usual gifts for him. Every holiday I get him a new pair of boxer shorts, there are few that I have missed in the last 5 years or so. I ended up at Casual Male XL, and got him a pair of boxers with “Xbox” logo and controllers on them, and then Batman lounging pants. He also needed a pair of fingerless gloves to replace the ones he lost since last year. I spent about $40 on him when our limit was $10. Oops. Since they were boring gifts, I don't feel too badly that he truly has only gotten me $15 worth of stuff. I am labeling the gloves from Daughter and Monster.

We finished out the morning of shopping with lunch at Divannis; it's one of my favorite lunch spots. We just happened to need to pass it while on our way home.

When Monster and I got home, we went straight to bed and had an 1.5 hour nap. I spent the next 4-5 hours on my feet making cookies. I made some sugar cookie cutouts with mini cutters, none are larger than a dollar coin, and they are adorable. I spent almost as long decorating as I did making the batter and cutting out the pieces.

I went to bed late, really late, couldn't/didn't want to go to sleep. I think I was starting to feel stress just from knowing I will be spending the entire afternoon and evening in a house with about 25-30 people, all of which are very, very loud talkers. I want to go to spend time with them, but don't feel like I need to bet there 8 hours or more.

I finished almost all the cookies I wanted to get done, I just need to realize that there are four family functions, and I will have time between some of them to get some baking done, so there is plenty for everyone. I am guessing I will see about 125 people by Sunday!