When it comes to making lists, Santa has nothing on me. I am the consummate list maker: grocery lists, menu lists, invitation lists, to do lists. I even make lists for members of my family, which aren’t always appreciated. But the biggest list I make every year is my Christmas list.
Now my Christmas list involves more than who’s naughty and nice. It quite detailed, including not only a price point next to each person’s name, but a budget for Holiday incidentals, like wrapping paper, tree, food, alcohol, and decorations – read wasteful impulse buys.
I completed this year’s list before Thanksgiving, and was quite impressed by my bottom line. Two weeks later my list isn’t worth the paper it’s printed on. It seems that while my head understands the economic situation facing our country, my finger that hits the order button on Amazon isn’t paying attention.
According to my latest calculations, I will end up spending the same, or more, as last year. “Call me irresponsible…”
BTW, we should probably keep this post between ourselves. Why ruin Mr. Pandora’s day by telling him that the list hanging on the refrigerator is about as accurate as 700 billion dollar bail-out.