Pretty Thrifty Christmas and the Old Year

   My very late edition of Pretty Thrifty for Christmas.

 All our snow melted the week before Christmas.

Then we had an ice storm. That didn't last long enough to have a White Christmas either.

So here are my pictures in my wonderful brown and grey Missouri wonderland.

 Disclaimer:

Amy's to blame for that twig!

Amy took these pics on my mom's Ipod.

I then went on PicMonkey and edited them.

Hopefully I will find my camera soon.
 I wouldn't mind if you prayed I would find it... really!

 I found this scarf at Salvation Army for $.50. I found the sweater last year at the same place.

Earrings (giveaway)

Sweater (thrift store): $2.00

Scarf (thrift store): $.50

Tank (given to me)

Skirt (made by me): $1.00

 Shoes (garage sale): $1.00

Total:

$4.50

So much happened this year. Honestly I don't have the time to narrate it all, so I'll just going to make a list.

~smile~

We got a minivan!
(This in itself is worth an enormous hallelujah!)
I won 2nd place for dance at Teen Talent Expo.
Amy joined me on the dance team.
 3 year anniversary of the Joplin tornado.
I started driving!
Michael and I became CPR certified.

I bought a camera for $5.00 at a garage sale, and it worked!
Rukia had her final batch of kittens.
I went to Youth Camp for the third time and enjoyed it the most this year.
 I started Pretty Thrifty.
Amy got her ears pierced.

We went on the first real family vacation we've been on in, well, a very along time.
Mom started eating the THM way.

Rukia, my cat, died.

I turned sixteen, so I got to start wearing makeup.

I broke a mirror.
~giggle~
Started my Sophmore year in high school.

Grandma moved to Heaven!

Michael and I finally got to see the Pirates of the Caribbean movies.
Jack Sparrow...
"There should be a captain in there somewhere."

The first year my mom did not make doll clothes for Christmas or buy Legos.

We started to realize this is the end of an era;
from Legos and doll clothes, to knives and electronics.

I saw all three Lord of the Rings and finished the Fellowship of the Ring and Two Towers.
(I'm going to start The Return of the King very soon!)

What have I learned?
(Ok. What am I still in the process of learning.)

God is faithful even when I'm not. 

I have to keep fighting without giving up.

God is the only one who can fill loneliness.
I want to love deeper with all purity.

That's what happened this year.

What changed this year for you?
Leave a comment below and tell me about it.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Emily

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