The gift card...

The gift card... perfect gift or cop out? I am not a gift card giver... I'm not sure why, but I know that someday I will become one. I can already see it on it's way with Mike's godson... it gets more and more difficult to think what to get him (this year we scored with Pirates of the Caribbean 2) but I am not ready to give up just yet... Why? I'm not sure... I think maybe I like to think I know him well enough to get him something he will love, or maybe I feel like giving him a gift card doesn't show we care, or reflect the Christmas spirit when a 10 year old is involved... But every year my mother in law asks my hubby and I what we want for Christmas... she can't think of what to get us and in the end always ends up getting us a gift card... I think she feels kind of bad but I can't figure out why. It's become kind of a tradition and I LOVE my gift card. Being a mommy I'm not always buying myself clothes, but I like clothes. I may not like shopping for clothes but I wonder how much of that is not wanting to spend our hard earned money on more clothes that I will no doubt use to take K to school, run errands, have lunch and clean things... We spend money on other more important things, groceries, restaurants, entertainment, bills, culture, toys, kid stuff, tattoos, drum stuff.... you know, the important things... so when it comes down the that perfect black tank top and purse, those jeans that make me feel like my ass is rockin and that cute little jacket I just love but have no where to wear it... I want my gift card. That is what I want for Christmas so it is the perfect Christmas gift....