Mom and I are going Christmas shopping this weekend. I'm stressing (not bad, but a little) because I am not sure when I'm going to formulate "the plan" prior to that trip. Last week when I hid from trick or treaters, I pulled out the budget and made the list of people to buy for and divided up the money appropriately. So I know WHO to buy for and HOW MUCH to spend on them and I have LISTS from most of them...and that's where I'm stuck.
Worst case scenario - I'll ask Mom to drive so I can spread out all the papers in the car and make the plan on the way to shopping. But I'd really like to have it done before then. I don't like to go into these trips and find whatever I find. I want to go after certain purchases and find the best possible deal. That is my goal.
I'm probably too OCD about the shopping trip just like I OCD about every other aspect of this holiday. But I like to have just the perfect gift for everyone. And I like to have 90% of them purchased in one trip flat. Shoot - I might even have everything wrapped before I put up the tree. (Or then again - maybe not. Why be overly ambitious?)
All of this has stemmed from the year I failed to shop for ANYONE until Christmas Eve. Dad was my chauffeur and Mom ran around behind me telling me who was still on the list. They made me promise to NEVER pull that stunt again.
Think I've successfully transformed?
1 hour ago
5 comments:
Well lets see what do I want for Christmas? I'll let you suprise me. Don't go overboard. :)BH
Note to self....return car purchased for Holland family.....wouldn't want to go overboard. :)
Bekah,
Now that you have your list, you need to organize it by store. All these gifts at Best Buy. All those gifts at Barnes & Noble, etc. That way you can shop and conquer in the shortest time.
Do I do this, myself? I'm not telling.
Bekah... I don't know what to say. You are too much.
Skyepuppy - That is a really good idea! I think I'll work on that on the drive to shop....good tip! (tried and true...perhaps?)
Sarah - I know, I know. Sigh. So I've been told many times.
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