To Spider or Not to Spider... that is the question

So Dan and I looked on the Internet and decided that the sore on my head is a spider bite. It looked very much like a Hobo Spider bite.  I made an appointment the next day to see my Doctor. He took a look, squeezed it a little and out came some puss. He prescribed me an antibiotic and said he didn't know if it was a spider bite or not.

I didn't fill the prescription. I figured, what the heck, I've had it for over a week already and it's actually healing up. Why waste the money?  Today will be about 2 weeks since the bite. It's crusted over and I actually pulled the scab off last night. (ouch and it pulled out some of my precious hair with it.)

Today it has scabbed over again and no infection. So I feel good about not getting the antibiotics. Tonight I have plans w/my husband to go out. We've been planning for over a week to use my Red Robin Gift card. It was the one I got for Halloween.  The Freddy Kruger Pumpkin. (pictures on Facebook.)

We also need to get a freezer. I have been wanting a small one for a while, but now it's really needed. With Ben and Tiff living with us, we actually need a small chest freezer and a small refrigerator. We are a group of people who need a lot of stuff in the Fridge apparently. I'm tempted to buy a cheap little mini fridge from KSL for $20.00 and put it in my bedroom. I could use it as a night stand. Except if it made bad noise. Then to the basement or Craft room it would go. LOL. I would buy the freezer there too, but I can't find any. So we are going to make a stop at Sears to shop. We're hoping they will offer 12 months no interest if we apply for a sears card, then we'll put it on there and pay it off before the 12 months. (And Dan will close the card, OR, he will at least have control of it. )

I have been working on a few Christmas projects. Why is it that money always seems tightest around the Holidays? Honestly it's insane.  I know that I'm spending to buy gifts, but it seems no matter how I juggle the budget, the dollars just aren't there. I have a good start on Dan's gifts, and I have a pretty good portion of gifts for others. One benefit of Ben and Tiff living with us is the rent. They are paying us $200.00 a month, and this months rent will be what Dan uses for his Christmas shopping. That puts less pressure on me to stretch the budget. I'm not above letting a utility slide for a month, but I don't like doing it if I can avoid it.

I really want to get started on my Christmas projects for people I work with. I have a fabulous idea, and I even got an EARLY present of a scroll saw, so I can make them. BUT......  I have to shell out some money for the materials. (there's that stretching again).

Well Ta-Ta for now. I'm back to Cross Stitching my gift for Beth......