Christmas Gift Follies

[Sundae]

I got a £10 supermarket voucher from my sister (approx $20) which is only valid at one supermarket in town, about a mile walk from my flat.

Not going to bitch & moan too much, but am a little hurt at the lack of care and attention spent on me. She is the only member of the family I don't have a "no present" pact with, because I buy for her two children every year. Now I buy for them for my own pleasure I admit. And I pick things up in the months coming up to Christmas, so I often end up spending far more than I intended, simply because cool things appear when I have money in my purse. This year I think I bought about £80 worth between the two of them, and about 15 little gifts in total.

I dunno, it just hurts that she thinks so little of me that she will spend no time and very little money to get me a gift, when I spend so much (time and effort at least) trying to make sure her children love what I get them.

Perhaps next year I will tell her I don't want anything - just so I can imagine she would have bought me my heart's desire if only I'd let her.