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<\/a><\/p>\nQUESTION: Do you set a budget or just go crazy with shopping?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/a>Santa seems to have arrived a little early this year. Or maybe it just LOOKS like there are a lot of presents under the tree because the tree is so tiny. \ud83d\ude09 I don’t mind. Michael and I set a budget for gifts this year, which in retrospect was a really good idea. <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/a>Michael banished me from the living room while he wrapped my coal for Christmas. Apparently I’ve been REALLY bad this year because my coal fits in THREE boxes!<\/p>\n<\/a>Dinner time was approaching and I was so not in the mood to cook something complicated. Michael tossed out some ideas for dinner and one of them was nachos. I said sure because it was easy and who am I kidding–I always want sour cream!<\/p>\n<\/a>Michael was in charge of cheese. I was in charge of chopping things. I chopped the black olives, jalapenos and green onions for the top of the nachos.<\/p>\n<\/a>In case you’ve never<\/em> made Nachos in your life I’ve selflessly detailed how to make nachos here. (Enter eye roll here.) Carefully place onion, jalapeno and olive on each chip. Feel free to be as anal-retentive as you want. Or if your style is more flippant–just dump it on top. As you can see, I am very anal-retentive.<\/p>\n<\/a>I baked the nachos for about 7 minutes until the cheese melted.<\/p>\n<\/a>How are they Christmas nachos? The colors! Green from the onions and jalapenos. I wanted to chop some red peppers on top but realized we were out. So I improvised with (red) salsa and of course sour cream (white).<\/p>\n<\/a>For dessert I made an eggnog in a small glass with half milk and half Light Eggnog. I also ate 1 chocolate chip cookie and one Christmas cookie while I watched my movie. The movie was good. It’s difficult for me to not judge everything about it when I absolutely loved the book “The Picture of Dorian Gray.” Oscar Wilde is in my top 5 of favorite authors and Dorian Gray is one of my favorite books. But all in all the movie was worth watching.<\/p>\n