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Thank You?

I am still in shock from how generous my parents can be with us.  I have never taken them for granted and am always surprised when they do such nice things.  I think it is because I don't take them for granted and don't expect them to do things for us.  Which in turn has blessed me more than anything.

As of October Mark and I have not bought much for ourselves.  It is no secret times are tuff.  I know there are people out there much worse off then we are.  I am not complaining! Mark and I are not used to having to refrain from buying whatever it is we want (within reason and budget of course).  I can't tell you the last time I bought something for me or scrapbooking.   

It has been almost five months since Mark has worked full time.  He has been doing odd jobs here and there, but nothing that would pay the bills.  We just stopped shopping for ourselves to make our saving last as long a possible.  We also only have bought things that we need, which isn't much beyond food.  At Christmas we only got the kids three gifts each that cost us less than 100 dollars total. I hate to confess this but I have also used my Christmas gift cards to purchase other gifts for birthday presents.  It is what I wanted to do, but again I haven't really bought anything for me.   

All that to say when my mom and dad gave me a 100 dollar gift card to Joann's I was shocked. I have wanted a Circuit for awhile.  I know it is a silly purchase and "luxury" in the scrap world. When they went on sale a Christmas time I was a little sad that I couldn't buy one even though I had saved my allowance for some time.  The circut is on sale this week for $99.99!  So without further ado, I will be an owner of a silly luxury item.  Although, I really have thought of 100 other things to buy, I don't think my mom would approve so I have to buy the cricut :) 

My mom was down for a few weeks and bought the girls sandals for spring, and pj's, tee shirts, socks and other things they needed and she was such a blessing.  To think, she gave me the gift card as a thank you.  Doesn't seem right does it?   

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