Thank you all so much for your posts. I have been really sick the last few days. I missed two days from work. I was back today and tonight we had the Christmas party at a restaraunt at a local airport. (Small airport) it was very nice and free. I was able to dance for one song and had a couple of cocktails. Now I am remembering that I am still not 100%, so am completely wiped out. I have got to go shopping tomorrow to get the groceries for our Christmas Eve party. We have an open house every year. Lots of different people come over and we have a fire iutside and hot chocolate stand for the kids. Before we really started gambling, we would boil crab legs and have raw and steamed oysters. Needless to say, we can’t afford that anymore, so now we have everyone bring their favorite finger foods.
Have to buy a few gifts too. I can’t really wait any longer, we have one small pay check coming Christmas Eve, but that will be too hard, to prep the party and shop. Hoping my money will stretch to cover all the gifts.
My cinnamon broom has lost its punch, so I may buy some candles to help mask the dog smell. My husband has washed the livingroom area rug to help with the smell, but it may be too late for that rug. It really stinks. I dont have the money to replace it, so we have it hanging on the deck now to hopefully air it out.
Now that I said all that, I was really missing the casino tonight. I told my husband on the way home tonight just how badly I missed it. He said “think about this, here wee are driving down this highway, on our way home. We had a good time. We didn’t go to the casino, we have money for shopping tomorrow. Now picture this same ride if we were on our way home from there. We would have no money, we would be in the hole. It is Christmas and what would we do? You would be a mess right now!”
I know for a fact he is so right. This is a much, much better way to live. That self-exclusion on 10-14-14 saved our Christmas!
