Charging through the holidays

In the spirit of an economically failing country, I like many others will be charging my way through the holidays this year. I usually do one person/paycheck starting in sept or oct, but that didn't happen this year! We keep losing students at the studio for financial reasons (it just breaks my heart b/c they are so sad! and it's not their fault - if i could pay for them i would!), so I keep losing privates. Or some clients are taking a break from privates until Jan - I'm sure this has to do with the upcoming spending sprees. The adults on Monday nights are nowhere to be seen. We've gone from 25 to 10 in the past two weeks, and last Thursday morning, my class didn't go b/c there weren't enough paying students. I'm hoping 2009 will be a bright beacon in my world and that people will be able to afford to come back to their recreational activities. Today, I made the decision to keep things normal this year (I don't typically go crazy anyway) . I went to Michaels and found BARGAINS to decorate my new mantle. You see, I LOVE the holidays. I LOVE to decorate. I LOVE to give gifts. So I will bargain shop, but don't worry economy, I'll still stimulate you - with American Express!!