Day Three.

Uhg I am exhausted. From about 8 a.m and 8:30 p.m, my mom, my aunt Patty, my aunt Jane, my sister and I were shopping all over St. Louis. Our first stop was CVS pharmacy to pick up a few things we neglected to bring from home. Next we headed to Kohl's, because my aunt Jane is from Canada and they don't have that there. My aunt Patty was so generous to give my sister and I $30 dollars to spend on anything we wanted and Auntie Jane gave us $25. Since I didn't have time to go to the bank before we left Michigan to get money for Christmas gifts for my friends and my secret santa, I had to barrow, $40 from my mother. With that being said, I feel like I should say I spent all of  all of it except $8. I got two shirts, two kimonos, a pack of jelly belly "bean boozled", the book "speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson, a beautiful rose gold watch, and a bunch of secret sanata stuff and mic. Christmas gifts for my family and friends. My mother also splurged and bought me a brand new down winter coat, super nice fuzzy socks, a new scarf for my coat and some nice gloves.

In the middle of buying and shopping we stopped at Red Robin and my Aunt Patty bought us all lunch with the $500 winning scratch ticket money. I was supper impressed. When we got back to the house my aunt Patty gave my sister and I gorgeous necklaces. My sister got a cross and I got an angel. I'm not all that religious, but it really doesn't matter. I am just so happy to have something from her that I can hold on to forever. 

I just want to say to everyone whose reading this, I am so very thankful for my whole family. Especially my mother. She has worked her whole life to make a great life for me, and honestly, I could never imagine my life with out such a role model to look up too. From birth to now, she has raised me to be the girl I am today, and the universe just wouldn't be the same with out her. The last few days have really shown me how much my whole family cares about me, and how much I care for them. And it's not just the material things such as a watch or a coat, but it's the actual love and care they show by welcoming me and my mom and dad and sister into their home, or by spending thanksgiving with us. Family can't not be bought or shared through possessive items. 

Goodnight friends. I'll write soon. xoxo