Expensive Tradition

Sunday, December 28, 2008

Expensive Tradition

Several years ago I made a costly mistake: I bought the Christmas ornaments made by Kiddie Kandids. Then I did it again the next year. They seemed like such a great keepsake. Each year I bought one for Ammon and one for our family. I love them! But, they are expensive! The expense really sunk in that third year when Peter was added to the mix. Three ornaments is a lot of money any time, but especially at Christmas.

This year I spent most of the Christmas season convincing myself that I would put an end to it. For the most part I was ok with it. Until, late into the season we got around to decorating our tree. I pulled out our ornaments and I was heartbroken to think we wouldn't do more this year. They are so adorable! I love looking back on the past few years and seeing the growth of my children all tied into the Christmas festivities. Still, I kept putting it off, not really having the money to get them. I ended up getting some Christmas money and so yesterday we broke down and got this years ornaments. I was giddy all day, I love them some much! It is so fun to see my collection growing.

5 comments:

StacyDecember 28, 2008 at 4:57 PM
There are places like artscow.com or walmart.com (and some others I assume) where you can have photos turned into ornaments. At artscow.cow they give you lots of "free" stuff (You only pay shipping) for the next year. They have lots of ornaments - like 30 or something like that. You probably couldn't do the Kiddie Kandids photos, but you could still do photos if you really wanted them.
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ToriDecember 28, 2008 at 10:35 PM
I'm SO very glad for you. It's WONDERFUL that you could continue something you feel so strongly about!! YEAY!
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KatyDecember 29, 2008 at 7:51 AM
Oh, yay, I'm excited for you that you ended up having them done! How cute!
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TiffanyDecember 29, 2008 at 2:32 PM
I was wondering when I'd see this post! Im glad you did it! You won't regret it 10 years from now!
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KristaDecember 29, 2008 at 3:21 PM
They all turned out super cute! I love doing fun things with pictures.
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