Are you ready for the Holiday Season Kickoff? No, I don't mean football, either. I'm talking about Thanksgiving and Christmas. You can throw New Year's Eve into the mix, too, if you want.
This is typically the season when we encounter a lot of rich, fattening foods, endless shopping, and last minute dashes for a gift for someone we forgot to add to the list. It's also a season full of stress and sometimes depression.
I find the darker days bring me down a bit. It's reported that adding indoor light will help with that, but I'm such a skinflint I don't want to use the extra electricity! However, if I dedicate some time to creativity I can bring myself out of the doldrums without adding expense to my lifestyle.
I accomplish this through knitting, weaving, crocheting, painting, and jewelry making. These things bring joy to my ordinary life and I can use what I produce as gifts, reducing the amount I need to purchase. I can do some shopping online and get good deals without having to be pushed and shoved in the stores. (That really gets to me -- I hate being jostled about.)
