Bah Humbug in 2019 New Year same me

I am not feeling Christmas at all. But hopefully once I see my niece and nephew rip into their gifts, I will. I think it is because usually every year my folks take us on a trip of some sort, last year was Hawaii the year before that..Walt Disney World I think. My parents actually wanted to do a staycation but with A) them moving B) The Rona C)My brother in Arizona for work we decided not this year. The actually gave each of us kids a wad of cash and I am so grateful for that, I needed my half of the mortage payment. My husband…gah I love him but he is a dumpster fire. He has a good bit of debt he brought into our marriage and he works for a debt resolution company. He is working with his company and he sends them 400 each pay period and once he gets a good bit of money they negotiate the debt and pay the companies. Well i made the mistake of having my paycheck deposited into an account that used to be our joint account. He owes that bank money and well my entire 1200 paycheck..gone. Needless to say I about murdered him. Thankfully my parents had the money they planned on giving me christmas day and I was able to pay my mortage payment. I was also able to open my own account at another bank and thankfully have gotten the last two paychecks with no issues.

Because of his debt and the fact that I really do not need anything I told him only 40 bucks for our gifts. I bought him a game he wanted which he is already played.. I know what he is getting me because he has anxiety when it comes to purchasing gifts for me.

My parents do not want gifts and my siblings and I dont exchange Christmas or birthday gifts. My brothers will see things they know I like whenever and buy them for me, and vice versa.

We just bought our 7 1/2 niece and 4 year old nephew gifts, He got a gigantic stuffed t rex and she got jojo siwa books, pendent necklace, and charm bracelet. Girl loves some jojo.

The dog got a bone and a hard bone, and the puppy (can’t believe he will be a year in march) got a sweater and a toy

That is it, we told his family not to buy us anything. My SIL usually gifts us picture frames with the kids photos which we love.

I am excited for my reddit gift exchange, I got a really sweet girl that likes candles and gaming. I have done it 5 years now and three of the 5 years I got stiffed but I do it more for the gifting than the recieving.

Speaking of receiving, a really cool Prose Boxer sent me homemade masks, I have to wear them all day at both my jobs so I am super excited to have some extras.

Thanks again Colojojo!!