Despite my horrible cold, Dean and I went out to celebrate our anniversary, it’s not til Friday but since I was scheduled off today we had planned on having my mom babysit so we could go and celebrate. Not feeling well didnt help, not to mention our car decided to break down as well. So we were able to get to my moms where we borrowed her car and went out for some crab soup and a stroll around the mall. We found a great deal on a down comforter set that came w/ 2 down pillows, a duvet cover and 2 matching pillow shams, and of course the down comforter, for a price we thought was pretty fair, considering it’s quite a hefty price for those things usually, and this set was half off! So Dean got off pretty cheap, soup for dinner and a new comforter, ha! It was a pricey date, but we’ll sure enjoy that new comforter set for a long time. I doubt either of us will exchange much for christmas, but it was nice to finally get something nice for ourselves, anymore we spend all of our extra cash on Caleb or computer parts, or tomorrow again we will spend it on car repairs. Bad thing is I wont be going to work tomorrow, another unpaid day off, which wont help, and that will put me closer to getting fired for absence, they just made a new policy a week or two ago that even if you have a doctors note they can still enforce corrective action including as far as termination. We’ve known this was a possibility, but I can barely talk and we wont have car tomorrow so we wont have a way to take caleb to daycare or pick him up so it’s pretty much out of our control. So tomorrow Caleb and I can lay around in our new expensive comforter and dream of all the things we wont be able to afford once I am fired. Good for us we bought Caleb a few Christmas presents early, a few weeks ago there was a great sale at the toy store and we got caleb one big gift and two littler ones, plenty for his age, and I am sure he’ll get tons from family, but if things get worse from here on out, we’ll at least have exchanged good anniversary gifts, for the first year ever, and Caleb will have toys for Christmas.
on the way home from our date as my parents followed to make sure our car would make it back across town, I reminded Dean that things could be a lot worse. We joked about maybe having to spend the night at my parents house, but the reality that this time last year we were living there puts it all in perspective. Sure we may have car trouble, but compared to the obstacles we’ve overcome in the last year, it’s not that big a deal. We take the bus to work, so we really only need a way to get Caleb too and fro and if need be we can do that by bus too. Good for us we can afford minor car repairs right now, which is amazing for us. Now that we’ve got a few unneccesary purchases for our anniversary gifts out of the way we can focus on saving some money again. If it hadnt been for starting saving in the first place I doubt Dean and I would have gotten each other anything, and like I said this is the first year we really exchanged gifts And as I sit here writing my hubby is enjoying his Game Cube. So it wasnt a needed toy but it makes him happy, and that’s all that matters. Now its time for me to go enjoy my new comforter- night night!
Happy Anniversary!