It’s that time of year again
Yup, November. The time where I start worrying about Christmas presents that I’ve to buy, how I’m going to out-do myself over the presents I purchased last year and how the heck I’m going to stick to my budget. Oh, and the fact that I only have two more pay days until Christmas.
Not only that but I have my mother’s birthday between now and Christmas too; and she’s the hardest person on the planet to buy gifts for.
Usually I love shopping, even window shopping. But come November I hate it due to the Christmas music, decorations and people seem to become so rude when the holiday shopping season starts. I’m trying to do as much as I can online this year to stop me wanting to kill Santa’s little helpers and throttle unhelpful temp staff that seem to take over the shopping center.
I have some amazing ideas for gifts this year, I’m just thankful that I have a small group of family and friends because every year it’s getting harder to think of gifts for each and everyone of them. Take for instance my grandmother. She’s nearly 80 and her entire life is made up of reading magazines, doing crosswords and watching the few channels on cable she can work out how to access. Every single year I struggle to find a suitable present for her. This year I’m taking the easy way out - £40 in Debenhams vouchers.
Have any of you started your holiday shopping yet? Or are you one of the amazing people that can leave it all until Christmas Eve and still end up with the best gifts ever?
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