'Tis the Season

Wow, so quickly December is upon us. I say this every year, but I swear it creeps up on us much faster as we get older (Not that I'm old or anything!)

Every month I pray for pay day only to watch all my pennies fall by the wayside to bills, bills and more bills.....December is so much worse. Not only do you have to worry about bills, bills, bills, but now there are gifts, gifts, gifts!!! What???

Christmas has become mercilessly over commercialised. Last weekend marked the end of the month and the beginning of the crazy season...and boy was it crazy! I went to our local shopping mall to buy some necessities and it was just well, crazy, already. The next few weeks are going to be brutal for retailers. Apparently people in South Africa are starting to spend again after the recession, just at the right time.

I remember the old days, when shopping was not a pass time but only if you really, really needed something. When the shops were CLOSED on a Sunday...scandalous! Can you imagine not being able to "shop" on a Sunday?  Sounds like heaven to me........

I say to everyone, including myself, let's not shop on a Sunday. Let's spend the day with family, celebrating love and togetherness, become one with nature, go on a picnic, go to the beach, have a braai, play a round of golf, lounge by the pool and read a really good book. When it's raining, watch a great DVD or the Discovery channel, play a boardgame, play the Wii, read a really good book. Sounds like heaven to me.....

Get back to basics, Sunday is a rest day! Then we can stop being so busy, busy, busy!!!!