congrats!

so anytime i want to congratulate someone in writing - i always write "congrats!"

poking around on the recent acu engagements, i noticed i'm not the only one substituting congrats for congratulations - everyone seems to shorten this word

but let's be honest, i genuinely do want to write "congraulations" but everytime i go to write it, i have an inner battle on the correct spelling:

c-o-n-g-r-a.....-d?
c-o-n-g-r-a-t...-s?

in fear of a mispelling this celebratory word, what i end up writing is "congrats!"

i'm just glad the blogger toolbar has spellcheck! congratulations blogspot :)