OK, its December 9, and all i have done is send out checks to my two babies. John keeps adding things to the short list of things he would like me to get him. he will get them all, i dont care. I just have to find the time to get out there and buy them. we still havent dragged that little tree out of the garage from last year and I dont know where my wrapping paper is. I am not prepared this year for Christmas.
this weekend we were gonna go get more champaigne and restock our wine supply. that will take a whole day. I have to finish alexes quilt, which he may not get till after christmas. so maybe i will have to go shopping on sunday. I only have to get a few things. he wants a Rigid Shop Vac, a short ladder for making home repairs and not having to stand on a chair and some new sweatshirts for the winter. see, not a long list at all.
John is lucky, he only has to get one thing. All I want is a new full sized food processor. I gave away a small one that was of almost no use to me. it wouldnt hold enough of anything to make any recipe i had. I won one last year that was a little bigger, but still wont do for what i want. I think i want a Kitchen Aid, but i havent done my research to find out which one I want. really, that is all I want. I cant even think of something frivolous. pitiful.
We dont buy gifts for every member of our families. It seems a little silly to me to run out and stress myself over shopping for a bunch of people we see maybe two or three times a year. Not that i done love them, but i dont feel obligated to do that. i mentioned in the last post that i printed copies of a family shot and framed them for my sisters. this was a small thing, but they will like it, and i am not obligated to them either. I just like doing things for them, anytime. it just happens to be the holiday season.
I just reread that last paragraph and it reads a little selfish. Oh well. I wish it could be christmas every day so i wouldnt feel the stress to go shopping and try to get just the right thing. I cant seem to get that thing right, memories of last year come rolling back through my mind. i even bought the stuff that people said they wanted, and some of it still just sits. if it were christmas every day, i could shop when it was less stressfull, take more time, make sure it is really what they want, and surprise them for no apparrent reason. that is so much more fun to me.
So, back to Christmas shopping. maybe friday after work. maybe sunday. maybe stopping on my way home from work. I couldnt even imagine having to shop for a bunch of people. OH, i forgot to tell you. I really hate to shop. HATE IT. it stresses me like nothing else. even if its shopping for me, i have to phyche myself up for it. did i spell tht right. once again, oh well.
ok, if you have stayed with me through this whine fest, thank you. and sorry at the same time. it may be our new found freedom of doing what we want for the first time in many many years, but i suppose i will find the time to go do this for John. ok, I am gonna stop this for now. i will let you know when i get my shopping done.
sigh. big. heavy. sigh.
It's no small wonder that Christmas sneaked up on you with all the remodeling you've been into. Jeepers, give yourself a break ... but keep in mind, only 15 more days until Christmas. No pressure. LOL
ReplyDeleteChristmas is so enjoyable for everyone except the person in the family that has to do the Christmas shopping and that is usually the wife!
ReplyDeleteWe don't buy presents for everyone in our family either. Too many of them and like you say, we only see them a couple times of year! I can't imagine how expensive that prospect would be and how time consuming and stressful. I think more and more families head that way now. I always buy for the little children in the family but thats all.
A full sized food processor? What would you use it for?
Why don't you do your gift shopping online? Pick one or two stores maximum that you'd prefer to shop from and sit in your pajamas and start ordering. You can even have it gift wrapped and sent to their house.
ReplyDeletePoor Lisa.....I do know what you mean about even the things they say they want sit unused....my dad is notorious for that. But you've got the right idea - if you feel like buying/giving something - then do - if you don't, then nothing (or money) is always the best alternative.
ReplyDeleteI have my buying done but haven't started my wrapping (And like jansplayground - I did just about all of it online) - much easier.
And for heavens sake - get your tree out.....I didn't realize how much it would brighten my house and my mood - bet it will do the same for you.
Oh - and feel free to send me a check ;).
Ok, big fat check marks for everyone. hahahahahahaha. I think I could do john s shopping all at sears. If i knew where the tree was, i would drag the thing out and make it light up. I am usually ready for this. I get excited about it. I think I blinked though and a week passed.
ReplyDeleteI am almost done shopping. I can't wait to be done. It was fun at first....it is always fun at first. I like shopping way early when the stores aren't crowded and still have things that I want. But once Thanksgiving is over, and the crowds come....yuck! I hate the hetic shopping. That is when the fun for me ceases! I am down to just a few more things and then I am calling it quits. I am not stressing about it this year. I keep telling myself its ok to buy less this year...its an economy thing. It is really probably more of a 'I am sick of shopping thing' but better to lie to myself. :) Hope all is well with you! Hang in there, only a couple weeks left! :)
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