Confession #52

I love giving gifts.

Maybe a little too much. This time of year, any time I have a little extra money, I'm always tempted to spend all of it on Christmas presents. I don't even need to have extra money! Even when I really need to save what little I have, I want to buy things for people. Half the time I have to stop myself from buying presents for people I have already shopped for. And the urge to buy things doesn't stop when Christmas rolls around. I usually stay in the shopping mindset through January. I'll be out and see something cool and think, "I should get that for <insert friend/family member here>, (s)he would love it!" Then I have to remind myself that Christmas was three weeks ago and I only have seven dollars to my name.

The only thing I like more than giving gifts is wrapping them. In fact, I have actually gone out and bought things just because I ran out of stuff to wrap. When I wrap gifts that my parents got for my siblings, it isn't because I want to be helpful; it's because I can't stand knowing there are naked presents in the house when I have wrapping paper, tape, ribbon, and bows. It's actually a little ridiculous how excited I get when faced with a bare box.

(In case you were wondering, yes, I have started Christmas shopping this year. I started two weeks ago.)

Confession #51

I really want to learn to speak Welsh. 

(Reading/writing implied.)

I can hear my grandmother now. "Why on Earth are you wasting your time with that?! You're never going to use it!" She didn't even approve of my taking French in high school, arguing that if I wanted to be useful in today's society, I would take Spanish.

Well too bad, Grandma. This is going on my bucket list.

Confession #50

I'm a neurotic test taker.

I double-check the answer on the test page before filling in a bubble on the answer sheet. And then I triple-check it. And then I check it again as I fill in the bubble. And sometimes once more when I'm done. And if I don't fill in the bubble just so, I have to erase it and start over again. Then I repeat the process with the next question. Needless to say, I'm never the first person to complete a test and hand it in.