I am a woman of principles (as long as it suits me), and I refuse to spend a lot of money on Christmas presents. I don’t understand the idea about giving expensive gifts from people’s wishing lists; if I need something, I buy it, and I expect everybody else doing the same.
My husband is the yearly target of my principals; giving him something with a thought but costing the minimum. A couple of years ago I planted him an olive tree in Palestine but he was quite disappointed opening a package telling he just had donated an olive tree on the West bank. So last year I thought I must give him something he in facto can keep between his hands. In our local church second hand shop I found a wine board game for the fantastic price of 30 kr. It had probably never been used but stayed in someone’s closet for years. We had quite fun playing it as you could get questions about the wine production in countries such as East-Germany or Yugoslavia.
But this year I will totally excel. While I was jogging yesterday, people had put their heavy garbage out for the monthly collection. Someone had put out a perfectly functioning Raleigh racer bicycle so I asked the owner, just to be sure they really had thrown it away, if I could take it. She was happy making me happy and said that even it was really old, it was in good condition, no rust or anything. She got just tired of having it around as her husband hadn’t used it for years.
Well, Merry Christmas my bikeless husband, and it didn’t cost me a nickel!
My husband is the yearly target of my principals; giving him something with a thought but costing the minimum. A couple of years ago I planted him an olive tree in Palestine but he was quite disappointed opening a package telling he just had donated an olive tree on the West bank. So last year I thought I must give him something he in facto can keep between his hands. In our local church second hand shop I found a wine board game for the fantastic price of 30 kr. It had probably never been used but stayed in someone’s closet for years. We had quite fun playing it as you could get questions about the wine production in countries such as East-Germany or Yugoslavia.
But this year I will totally excel. While I was jogging yesterday, people had put their heavy garbage out for the monthly collection. Someone had put out a perfectly functioning Raleigh racer bicycle so I asked the owner, just to be sure they really had thrown it away, if I could take it. She was happy making me happy and said that even it was really old, it was in good condition, no rust or anything. She got just tired of having it around as her husband hadn’t used it for years.
Well, Merry Christmas my bikeless husband, and it didn’t cost me a nickel!
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