It’s December. That means it’s officially No Buying Stuff For Myself Month. Folks in Margie’s family who buy things for themselves during December get lumps of coal.<\/p>\n
So far I’ve managed to redesignate one CD I wanted as being for Katherine (and Christmas) instead, and have refrained on another occasion to purchase some photographic accessories that I’d like, instead referring Margie to them as possible gifts.<\/p>\n
I feel particularly virtuous over this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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