Our Christmas!

Last night was our fantastic Christmas Date! This should totally be a tradition.

This Christmas was our second together and we teamed up to get everything done! Unfortunately, he's been so busy working hard, so as soon as my finals were done, we got our shopping list together and I went out and bought all the presents.

WHEW! I was pooped...I think next year, I'll make the money and he can go shop. I'm not much of a shopper...

But I'm so glad because its Christmas Eve and all the presents are bought and wrapped. I've never spent so much on Christmas before, and being so cost-conscious it makes me kinda anxious! His family seems to spend much more on Christmas than mine does, so next year I'll have to get used to this.

One of the fun parts of wrapping the gifts was thinking of fun ways to up the surprises Christmas Day. Since we ordered so many gifts online, we further disguised them by wrapping them and re-wrapping them in the boxes they came in. I fancied the gifts up by using some fun techniques with the bows that I saw on a Martha Stewart episode. And the peel-and-stick Christmas labels I bought last year were very handy.

But now to the awesome part: Our Christmas Date!
-We finally got around to seeing the Festival of Lights at the Mission Inn, and the lights were beautiful!!! There were so many people and cute Christmas animated figures. Couples were going on carriage rides, but I skipped that. I don't need a Cinderella image to feel like a princess. We were a little dismayed that the horse hooves had glitter on them! I realize it doesn't hurt the horses at all, it just felt undignified towards the horses. Maybe I'm too concerned about it.

-We tried to eat there, but all the restaurants were packed! So we drove to Cheesecake Factory. We had such a delicious dinner! I feel so blessed to be able to eat such delicious food all the time.

-After, I coaxed him into taking me to the bookstore, since I stopped spending so much money on books. I meant to leave all the books there, but I couldn't help taking a few home.

It was such a fantastic Christmas Date, and I hope there are many more to come.

Now, I can't wait to see what he got me! I know he'll love his present!


Btw, that picture is the Mission Inn at Christmas taken by Steve Mendoza.