November 2, 2006

Christmas...

Hard to believe that Halloween is now over, Thanksgiving is right at our heels and soon Christmas will be here...YIKES!!

Not even started with the whole shopping thing. We were going to go tomorrow, hubby and I, and start on our shopping but I have to babysit. Oh well....I suppose I'll have to resort to my usual internet shopping, which by the way is much better than fighting crowds...to bad shipping the stuff is sometimes outrageous. Also need to get started on my homemade gifts. I'm all about the homemade gift. Something about it says "I think you're special and I made this just for you" thing. I know...schmultzy I know. Got lots to do before Christmas...crocheted blankets to make ,scrapbooks to put together....never a moments peace I swear! ;-) Wouldn't it be nice if we could concentrate more on what the true meaning of Christmas is?? My sister had the notion of celebrating the gift giving part of Christmas after the holidays are over when things are cheaper and it doesn't take away from the meaning of Christmas...I think it's not a half bad idea.

So tell me here is my question....are you a all around Christmas shopper picking things up here and there throughout the year or are you a I must wait until the day after Thanksgiving (or even later) to do that sort of thing?? (BTW, I don't care how good the deal is...I just can't handle that after-thanksgiving shopping...drives me nuts! Just had to share that.) I'm hoping my shopping is not as bad as last year when I waited until the last minute to shop for a lot of my gifts...of course I don't have a Disney trip looming over my head like I had last year...isn't that hard to believe that it's already been almost a year since Disney?? Unreal how time flies!

Hope you're having a good week!

2 comments:

Jada's Gigi said...

No I can't believe its almost Christmas again or that its been a whole year since your Disney trip. We were blogging buddies even then...:)
I love shopping in the hustle and bustle of holidays...I never start til Thanksgiving, though this year may be an exception...but I don't like leaving it all til the last minute..which for me is like the week before...lol...to much pressure...although I do like to go out on Christmas Eve jsut to be in it all...Just not to shop...I rarely make anything..I used to do a little but I don't really have time now that I work outside the home...

Paula said...

I know this sounds really weird, but we don't do gifts on Christmas . . . my hubby is just too weirded out by the commercialism. We usually do a treasure hunt with the kids over the Winter break, but not on Christmas . . . and no, I've not purchased anything yet. I used to pick up good deals throughout the year and plan a head for it. I haven't this year. *sigh*