A Woman’s Diary

I was reading an article from the Toronto Star where it says that most Canadians will spend over $700 for gifts this holiday season. What a huge number that is! But when you start thinking about electronics, the majority of them are over $100 each, so I can see where that number comes from.

The article also says that over 70% of those surveyed will be getting their holiday gifts at Walmart. I guess I’m included there. A little more than half the gifts I got were indeed from Walmart. The rest was from shopping online at Ebay.ca and from my favourite store Futureshop.ca.

I have just been thinking about the amount I have spent so far. Let me calculate and give a rough estimate. I have estimated that I will be spending around $450 this holiday season. That’s not bad at all. Most of that money is from money I made online in which I say thanks to those companies I work with. It’s great having that extra cash to spend especially during the holiday season.

So how much have you estimated you’ll be spending this Christmas?

If you are a regular reader on my other blogs, I’m sure you already heard the news then. My nephew was born early this morning at 3:33 a.m. It’s still very surreal because now I’m officially an aunt. I’m still in shock too. I got a chance to visit my sister and my baby nephew today. They are both doing very well and the labour didn’t last long…a mere few minutes. LOL!

I was surprised at that as well. I’m going back to see them both tomorrow morning so I better get my beauty rest. Of course I can’t end this post without showing off a few photos.