My brother decided at the last minute to fly home from Texas for Christmas. The only problem was my dad's guest room was being used by my stepbrother and his wife who had driven home from Tennessee. My sister doesn't have a guest room and all we have is a daybed set up in our unfinished basement by our exercise equipment. Guess that's good enough. A bed is a bed after all! My brother was here staying with me from last Thursday until just this morning. It was so great to spend so much time with him! It was an unexpected visit though and therefore not budgeted. It shouldn't impact us too much. He used our car to visit friends one night so there was a little bit extra gas burned. And we fed him of course so I guess there is more grocery money used. But I'd gladly give all that and more to have that much time with him.
I'm going to try and sit down today or tomorrow to finalize our Christmas budget and spending and then the December budget as a whole. I'm really hoping we've stayed under budget this month. I haven't updated the budget since early last week and then we were still green.
We had a fantastic Christmas and were able to see each and every family member. The kids were spoiled as usual and I'm excited to wear and use my gifts too. I hope you had a good Christmas! I have over 100 new posts to read in my Google Reader so I guess I'll take these few quiet minutes this afternoon and hopefully read about your Christmas!
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That's awesome that you were able to spend time with your brother. I would say that the little bit that it cost you is money well spent.
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