It used to be that people didn’t even think about Christmas shopping until after Thanksgiving. At least that’s the way I remember it. But right now I’m thinking, “Oh no! It’s almost mid-November and I haven’t even thought about what to buy for Christmas!”
You might think that it’s merely a sign of how advertising gets so much into our heads, and that is part of it, but it’s not the only reason. The weeks seem to fly by so quickly. It seems like I barely have a chance to think about what I need to do by a particular date and that date has already passed. One month seems like a terribly short time for something as big as Christmas.
To make matters worse, I am thinking about making a lot of things for Christmas and to do all I want to do I really needed to start back in September – maybe August. But I’m going to give it a try anyway. Most things (other than quilts which take months) I can finish in two or three days, or sometimes even just one day, if I force myself to get over the “I don’t want to work on this now; maybe later” syndrome.
But that still leaves a lot of shopping to do in what seems like a short time. For the last several years I have done most of my Christmas shopping online and will do so again this year. That means allowing time for shipping so starting in November is not only not bad, it’s necessary.
November 10th, 2011 - 11:01 am
I do nearly all my shopping online; I find I can find more interesting stuff for the people I buy gifts for, and I can also avoid dealing with the stressed-out, “I hate Aunt Gladys but I have to buy her something anyway so she’ll remember me in her will” people at the mall.
(Do malls still exist? I mean the 1980s style enclosed malls. The one nearest me has been slowly dying since the “Town Center” (a series of shops like a glorified strip mall) opened.)
November 10th, 2011 - 7:42 pm
I smell SPAM. Horrible spam, posted by losers who can’t do anything other than steadily gain weight and underarm bacteria while searching the internet for opportunities to drop their spam everywhere.
I should find something the girls left in the backyard (Girls – one seven year old hound and a one year old pitbull) and mail it to these “outlets”
November 11th, 2011 - 9:00 pm
Aww, now it looks like I’m accusing dear fillyjonk of spamming. This is not the case.
November 12th, 2011 - 9:13 am
Sorry. I deleted the spam. It’s best to just ignore spam because I always delete it first chance I get.
November 12th, 2011 - 10:25 am
Naaaaw, Hippie, I figured it out when I saw Lynn’s post after this one.
I moderate all my comments b/c the platform I use doesnt’ really give me a choice (either all moderated or all free-for-all) and at this point I’m not going to move to a new one unless I have to.