I skipped October’s unusual expenses because, quite frankly,
I just got lazy… trying to get back on the wagon for November.
November, like December, tends to be an expensive month for
us. Besides the upcoming holidays, we have The Boy’s birthday to prepare for
(15! Where does the time go?), our annual ornament making (which we usually do
in November), our Christmas party favors, and a large needlework that needs to
be framed.
For The Boy’s birthday, he wants to go to play airsoft. We
are allowing him to bring 2 friends; at $65 a pop it won’t be cheap, but it’s
what he wants to do and his gifts won’t be very expensive. He gets gifts twice
from us: once on his birthday and once at our family parties. This year he will
be getting a Lego Starwars Advent Calendar, a Lego City Advent Calendar,
Fortnite cookies, and a box of books (his choice!) I might also buy him some
different tee-shirts as he has been saying he wants some new ones. We have
already purchased both of the Advent calendars and the “specialized” cookies,
all we have left to get are his books. We have some Amazon gift cards and are
hoping to order the books through Amazon so we won’t have to “pay” for them. He
wants 13 books total and we will buy all of them for him and half will be for
his birthday and half will be for Christmas.
The Kids and I make ornaments every year and have for about
10 years or so. We usually do this in November on Veteran’s Day as it we have
no work or school. That is the plan for this year, too. We haven’t yet decided
what we are going to make so we haven’t bought the supplies yet. We usually
spend about $40 on supplies for all of the ornaments. Although it’s after the
fact (November 20), I’m hoping to pay for this with the money we plan to use
for Christmas. This will be the retro check I get for the negotiated raise I
got this year.
Another thing that has to be paid for is the favors we will
give out at our Christmas party. Every year I give out favors. Most years I
hand make them. I have given out soaps, bath salts, jams, and the like. I have
given out store bought favors on occasion, such as, cheese spreaders or bottles
of wine. This year I want to decorate cheap candles from the Dollar Store. This
will be half homemade/half store bought. J
I usually make about 30 – 40 favors, so in this case about $30 - $40. I will
also need to buy the markers which I found on Amazon for $15. I’m looking at
another $50 - $60 for party favors next month. Again, I’m planning on paying
for this with my Christmas money.
Our last unusual expense is some framing I need to have
done. My mom made me a 16X20 counted cross-stitch that I need to have framed.
16X20 is a normal size so I have two possible avenues to follow: I can buy a
pre-made frame or I can have it custom framed. I’m not opposed to either way, I
just need to find what I like and I will buy it. I want that done by our party
so I plan to get a frame sometime in the next month.
That’s all I can think of for now… I’m sure I missed a
million things as I feel like I always do, but that’s where we are for now.
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