My Bytch Blog

So my three readers are probably on the edge of their seat as to what I did with my Christmas quandary. Well, I could go off and make this last for a while stringing you along with all kinds of stories and quotes citing stren gth and courage to stand against the social norm but I won't take that road. I CAVED! With my husband's complete and active support I went and spent a shit load of money on a lot more gifts. He even got me to the mall! And Cherry Creek Mall at that. I know.. I know...I was weak. I had a wonderful Christmas and got a wonderful Christmas gift from my husband. Everyone got what they wanted and I got a piece of myself stored behind a locked door in my head, shouting out "You're just weak!" With my conscience in tow I have spent the days after Christmas in a haze of happy memories and guilty feelings. I didn't over spend, I just didn't stay in the budget I allowed. I guess that's still something.  I have to write that to make myself ...

Ok I just wrote this wonderful, feel good blog about being better and balancing myself. Wow, that is easier said then done. What the heck! I have been trying to be a good and "balanced" person but it's hard. I have kept my word about not going to a mall or anything like that but this online stuff is killing me. I signed up for ebates.com and thought it was a crock but it is a real website and I have already earned money but that's beside the point. I have stuck to my budget and my husband asked me why there were less gifts under the tree than in prior years. I told him the truth. I made a generous budget and have stuck as close as I can to it. It is amazing how much I have spent in the past. I usually just go off and buy whatever I wanted and never really paid much attention to what I have spent. Now I am paying attention and I am shocked! I will not disclose what I have spent in the past but it is significantly more than I have spent this year. I thought that I HAD s...

I've decided that 2012 will be the year of self-improvement. But there is no time like the present to start so that is what I indeed to do. I hope everyone will enjoy the journey I will be posting on my blog and please feel free to add any comments or suggestions you feel will help me on my quest. To start I will have to go through each month and focus on what that month and its holiday or season is and what it means to me. Twelve months will mean twelve different things I will work on for self-improvement. I ran across this book The Wiccan Year by Judy Ann Nock and will be working off of her research of the seasons and their meanings. The month of December is Season Two of the Wiccan Wheel and according to the book is the Winter Solstice. It is also when most Christians celebrate Christmas for the birth of Christ. I guess I have seen one to many Discovery channel episodes on Christmas and when Jesus was really born. It is widely known that the Christan's picked Decembe...