Santa Claus is Coming to Town!

My husband is a generous person. An extremely generous person. So generous that I have had to push him off when it comes to my birthday, our anniversary or other special occasions where he insists on spoiling the crap out of me.

While this is cute, and I do let him spoil me at times (or he just does whether I like him spending on me or not). I've come to the conclusion that he deserves more, whether he likes it or not. Last Christmas, I felt awful because we just had our son, and we were tight with money, but also I was no longer working outside the home so had nothing to really spend on him. This would not have been so bad if only he were not so set on never spending on himself.

Yes, my husband seldom ever gets anything for himself, even during the holidays. This past year I finally got him to buy himself a new game for his PC that he really wanted, insisting it was his birthday and he deserved it. Score! He bought it and did as I asked.

I know he always says he does not want anything for Christmas or anything, but what nonsense. He is definitely getting gifts this year whether he likes it or not. I have devised a plan so I can "sneak" gifts into the house right under his nose without him knowing. And when Christmas comes, there will be tons of presents under our tree just for him, and he will be surprised!

Normally, I waited until the end of the year to buy gifts for him, which would end up having us broke because there was so much spending. While I agree, Christmas is not about presents, and never has been for either of us, but its time we stopped ignoring this tradition and started enjoying it instead. That and, I really need to know the meaning of a Christmas list!

So what have I done to make this possible? I started spending early in September. I would also just draw a little money out here and there, five dollars, ten bucks, and stashed it away. I would later, so as not to draw any suspicion, took that cash and bought my husband's gifts and gift wrap etc. He has not picked up on this yet, and I doubt he will, since he mostly leaves the spending up to me, and I grocery shop and get all of our things from stores anyway, so he won't even notice if a couple dollars is buying him stuff.

I don't usually do this, and the only reason I am doing it is for him, because I love him and he deserves a special Christmas this year! He works so hard, he is so strong and so supportive, and he deserves it. End of story.

I may get flack for it in the end, but it will only be humorous flack and he will be shocked to see so many things under the tree that he never expected. Now, the only problem is my keeping these things hidden until Christmas Day! Yup, I get to play Santa Claus!! And I absolutely love it.