I Started My Kids Christmas Shopping
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I know some of you will cringe at the mention of the word “Christmas”.
I’m one of those “pro” Christmas, get all excited, kind of people.
Usually.
And I’m sure I will again this year….eventually.
It’s not uncommon for me to have already planned most of what the kids will be getting as early as BEFORE the Christmas before.
Of course, as they get older, it becomes harder to choose what I want to give them. They have definite ideas of their own. Well, some of my kids do.
Anyway, this year with the big trip, I really haven’t given Christmas too much thought yet.
You might think I have plenty of time but we have a couple of challenges out here when it comes to Christmas shopping and preparation:
1. We don’t live near shops so if I want something specific, I need to plan early in order to give myself a chance to actually find it.
2. Harvest is a flat out time of year and often clashes with the lead up to Christmas. In the last few years, we’ve been busy in November and not so busy in December. This year it looks like being a busy December. The thing is, it’s an unknown and there are never any guarantees that once harvest starts, you’ll have time or opportunity for much Christmas shopping before Christmas.
So, yesterday I went with Farmboy to a town that isn’t our local town (not that much further away but in the opposite direction). I was browsing around the shops while he went to an appointment and I bought a present for Singstar Princess!!!!
That means I can officially say I’ve started my Christmas shopping!!!! LOL.
It’s so unlike me to see something and just grab it on the spot too. Usually I like to look around, compare prices, think about it.
This time I just went, yep, she’ll love that.
And I’m kind of glad I did because the more I think about it, the more I think she’ll enjoy it.
Now to work out what we’re doing about the rest of Christmas.
It does feel strange to not really have made too many plans or purchases yet.
What about you? Are you in the “mega organised” category or the “haven’t even started yet” category. Or maybe somewhere in between? Do you use a set formula or vary what you do from year to year?
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I’m not doing too badly Christmas wise. I know what the boys are being given & most of it is on layby. Bit stuck on my parents, but pretty much have planned the rest.
Don’t get too stressed about it all. And enjoy thinking about the present you have bought & the joy it will be bring.
I used to be in the mega-organised category, starting with lay-bys straight after Easter, having things wrapped, labelled and hidden by the end of November at the latest; but circumstances change, kids grow up, heck even the grandkids have grown so much, 3 of them are now teenagers. What I do these days is squirrel away any spare cash, plus lotto winnings (few and far between), all year, then in December I buy small gifts and “top up” things, like mobile phone credit for the teenagers, department store gift cards for adults, just cards for those that live far away because postage on anything larger than a card is just too much now. The gift cards sounds like a cop-out, but really for us it’s a great idea. We collaborate so that recipients get gift cards from several people all for the same store, for instance K likes books, so gets cards from several people for Borders, J likes playstation games, so he’ll get cards for Jb HiFi. They keep these until the after christmas sales when things are marked down by quite a bit, then they go shopping and get much more of what they want. Everybody’s happy. I will still buy a “proper” present for the youngest grandchild, she’s only five and a half this christmas.
We get more and more minimalist every Christmas. We don’t need stuff and others need things so much more than we do. Will try to get by without buying much at all this year. My brother and his family are spending Christmas with us. I “owe” their daughter a quilt that I just need to put together..
I haven’t started thinking about it yet. Well - I should say up until yesterday, I hadn’t been thinking about it until I overheard the lady behind the counter in the coffee shop saying she had finished all her Christmas shopping - AND had all the presents wrapped!!
I have no idea what I will get anyone on my list. And I have a lot of family with birthdays around that time too. I guess I better start thinking, especially since a lot of the presents need to be sent overseas!
I want to get ‘buy’ by buying as little as possible this year too.
My little boys aren’t old enough to write Christmas lists
and they think a $2 pack of 6 little paintbrushes is better than a Freddo frog.
My 16 yr …gift cards all the way because we have no taste