Christmas in September? Why not?
You know its fall and I love fall. But you probably know how much I also love, love, love Christmas. Gamer and I managed to get all our Christmas shopping done for everyone except each other last week. And I even managed to get most of it wrapped already! We decided to do all of our shopping for Clay's shower, Sam's birthday, and Christmas all in one swing. I'm so excited it's done early. One big project that I won't have to try to tackle just after the baby is born. I just have to get stocking stuffers, and presents for Gamer. Sam and I are going to tackle Christmas shopping for Gamer this evening while he is having dinner with a friend. I'm actually really excited. Sam and I are going to have a mommy/daughter date! IHOP for dinner, and shopping at the mall. While I'm not a huge shopper, I do love Christmas shopping. There's something fun about getting gifts for people that you know they are going to love.
While I can't divulge what I got as that would give it away for the family and friends that read this, I can say that the one nice thing about doing it early is hitting the sales. When you find something you love, you can watch for it to go on sale and snag it then. Then you're also not rushed into making a last minute decision. You can take all the time you like. And lastly you can take your time wrapping rather than have to spend an entire day just frantically wrapping and having bleeding fingers, and blistering palms from all the tape and paper cuts. Or you can be like me and be to excited so you do it in one day anyways. Yeah, I'm totally like that. Especially after coffee.
We are listening to Christmas music and cleaning house today before heading into town to do dinner and more shopping. I'm making my hubby write a Christmas list before we go. So, he's "researching" what he wants. Seriously who does that? LOL. Makes me laugh. And then when he asks for my list I sit there for several days trying to find one thing that I can justify getting...like last years wood spoons. Yeah, that's all I wanted (or rather needed) for Christmas. I'm horrible at giving lists for what I want. Mostly because I have everything I love. What more do I need other than the love of my family and friends? That's plenty for me. I love giving presents. I like getting them too, but giving is my favorite. It's just my thing.
So out of all that rambling, here's the recap. I love Christmas no matter the time of year, and I have managed to get most of my shopping done and wrapped...three paragraphs to say one sentence. When did I get so wordy? If you are looking for a great and easy Christmas present for people that are not your immediate buy gifts for (co-workers, extended family, so on), here's a great thing to do. Get small glass jars with tight sealing lids, a giant bottle of vodka from costco (cheap stuff), and several vanilla beans. Yes, actual vanilla beans. Now, wash and rinse the jars and lids, fill with vodka, and put in 1/3 to 1/2 a vanilla bean. Add bow and ta-da! Christmas present. Just make sure you do it at least 6 weeks early. If you don't, add a tag with a date of when to open the jars for use. The longer they sit the better. Shake them occasionally. And there you go, a wonderful, useful, and relatively easy on the pocket book present for all those people you forgot to buy for. It works!
While I can't divulge what I got as that would give it away for the family and friends that read this, I can say that the one nice thing about doing it early is hitting the sales. When you find something you love, you can watch for it to go on sale and snag it then. Then you're also not rushed into making a last minute decision. You can take all the time you like. And lastly you can take your time wrapping rather than have to spend an entire day just frantically wrapping and having bleeding fingers, and blistering palms from all the tape and paper cuts. Or you can be like me and be to excited so you do it in one day anyways. Yeah, I'm totally like that. Especially after coffee.
We are listening to Christmas music and cleaning house today before heading into town to do dinner and more shopping. I'm making my hubby write a Christmas list before we go. So, he's "researching" what he wants. Seriously who does that? LOL. Makes me laugh. And then when he asks for my list I sit there for several days trying to find one thing that I can justify getting...like last years wood spoons. Yeah, that's all I wanted (or rather needed) for Christmas. I'm horrible at giving lists for what I want. Mostly because I have everything I love. What more do I need other than the love of my family and friends? That's plenty for me. I love giving presents. I like getting them too, but giving is my favorite. It's just my thing.
So out of all that rambling, here's the recap. I love Christmas no matter the time of year, and I have managed to get most of my shopping done and wrapped...three paragraphs to say one sentence. When did I get so wordy? If you are looking for a great and easy Christmas present for people that are not your immediate buy gifts for (co-workers, extended family, so on), here's a great thing to do. Get small glass jars with tight sealing lids, a giant bottle of vodka from costco (cheap stuff), and several vanilla beans. Yes, actual vanilla beans. Now, wash and rinse the jars and lids, fill with vodka, and put in 1/3 to 1/2 a vanilla bean. Add bow and ta-da! Christmas present. Just make sure you do it at least 6 weeks early. If you don't, add a tag with a date of when to open the jars for use. The longer they sit the better. Shake them occasionally. And there you go, a wonderful, useful, and relatively easy on the pocket book present for all those people you forgot to buy for. It works!
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