Nakia Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 I have one more online order, but it's the big one--American Girl. And then I will be done! :party: I start to feel hysterical if I haven't gotten most of it done by Thanksgiving. I cannot stand to fight the crowds in December. Here's the thing though. I am making nine of these blankets and I hope and pray I can get them all done in time for Christmas!!!!! EEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKK!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarriorMama Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 It was my intention to be done by the end of November, because I hate crowds and stress and worry, plus I'm really rather pregnant and even less able to cope with the madness this year. But then we had a giant car emergency that required reevaluation of all our winter finances, so I've gotten NOTHING done except for a few homemade items. Bah humbug. ;) Congrats on being almost finished! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Imprimis Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Well, I'm almost done deciding what to buy my children, but haven't made all my purchases yet. Have NO idea what I will be getting dh or some of the extended family we exchange gifts with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandelion Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Haven't even started! I think I thrive on the thrill of last-minute shopping in some perverse way... :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daisy Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 I'm done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsbaby Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 I've done nothing. Nothing at all:( I have some ideas though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermom Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Last night I went to Target with my mom and pretty much got what I needed (which isn't much--we're having a frugal Christmas). All that's left is stocking stuffers and whatever I can produce from my sewing machine and my hands from now until Christmas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
golfcartmama Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Haven't even started! I think I thrive on the thrill of last-minute shopping in some perverse way... :D Me too! I never start until Black Friday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkInTheBlue Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Does "bought nothing yet" count? I guess that would fall into the category of "not yet finished". I do this every year. Ugh But it'll still be fun. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMW Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 I think I am pretty close... Have to get two grown sons something... or delegate that to dh... Have to finish the backing and binding of a quilt for my stepmom. Am almost finished with the binding of a quilt for my mom. Have to pack up a couple of mailing envelopes to send out. Have to wrap lots of little goodies for the stockings. I want to hang them filled and not worry about kids getting into them, snooping... Well, good luck with that! Have to order some photo gifts from photos from this week's Thanksgiving... this weekend. Have to order some prints for family. DH is sure to go out and get presents for the kids... even though I'd rather just stick to the stockings. He wants to get clothes and shoes for the boys. I hope to find some great deals for any gaps... and for my 3 yo grandson... and baby Chloe, who will be here at our Christmas Party!!! Oh, and have to find some party poppers and misc. goodies for our Christmas Party... Am hoping to get fil to wear the Santa hat and pass out goodies during the party... like when someone wins a round of bunco or charades or some such nonsense... And have to get dh his fishing license for this next year... Guess I'm not as close as I pretend to be... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denise in Florida Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Wait, am I to infer that you have started your Christmas shopping already? We here from the Planet Denial prefer to hold off until the last possible minute. That way we can experience all the stress and terror the season can offer. I wish there was a sarcasm smilie. Congratulations to all who have finished shopping.:001_smile: Each year I promise to start sooner, stay within budget and send my cards early (with a family photo). It is important to dream big. :lol: Fortunately my family knows me well, and we usually laugh a lot during that crazy last week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemongoose Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Been done and wrapped for Christmas and my 3 kids and DH's Bdays since Nov 1st. The only left is finishing the AG clothes I am sewing for DD's birthday, and ordering the Photo Calendars for the grandparents.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parrothead Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Barely taken a stab at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YourFidgetyFriend Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 I'm finished with my daughter, but I still have to get something for my little cousin who is close to my daughter. I think I'm getting the 3 adults I buy for (Mom, bro, and sis) a pair of movie tix each so that will be a pretty easy mouse click or Costco run. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mejane Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Haven't even started, but my kids haven't told me what they want yet so it's really their fault, right? ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonia Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Just have to buy gifts for the in-laws (already picked out, just need to purchase) and pick up a gift for my parents. Nice to be done before Thanksgiving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i.love.lucy Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 I've done nothing. Nothing at all:( I have some ideas though! :iagree: I'm having a tough time pulling the trigger on a big gift. It's the Playmobil Pyramid and a couple of other sets to go with it. It's $$$ and would be the BIG gift. In my heart I know dc would love it, but I keep wondering if they'd really love their own individual gift items more. I mean, they will still get a couple of things from us or grandparents, etc. They are asking for a Wii but we don't want to spend that kind of money and don't think it would be a good gift long term (no, nothing against gaming - we are just not a big gaming family and a Wii seems like a money pit). I just keep going around and around and around. I am also a person that likes to takle one thing at a time, so I got through dh's work party last night, this week will get through Thanksgiving, and I'm hoping to have time and brainwaves to make some online orders by this weekend. No Friday shopping for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lailasmum Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 I've done a few tiny bits but just waiting until pay day to get stuck in. I am making my dd's present so I need to get all the things I need for that and then actually do it. I am definitely trying to keep the costs down this year. It doesn't really feel like Christmas buying time yet though, maybe it will when it hits December. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendi Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Aside from one stocking stuffer for dh, I've bought nothing. Yikes! I do most of my shopping online, since our families live across the country and it's easier to just order online and have it shipped there. I just need ideas! I haven't decided what we're giving ds yet. He's 14 now, and it seems like everything he wants is expensive (iPod, Wii games, cell phone)! Wendi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 We moved, we're remodeling before we move into the house. House gets a big red ribbon, Merry Christmas. For ds, he gets a bedroom. Hopefully we'll be able to get him the one thing he wants, needs, and we gave as an IOU for his birthday, a new laptop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pippen Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 We don't get family lists until Thanksgiving Day, plus I wait longer now that my kids are teens. Often the deals are better if I wait, plus we don't buy much and less worrying about them changing their minds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 With everything going on in our personal lives these past few months, I am still in burn out mode. I usually have a lot, if not all done, by this time of year. I only have one present bought. One. And that was just because someone here gave me a heads up to a phenomenal buy a while back. Otherwise, I wouldn't even have that. I have no idea what I am even going to buy.....lol. :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Big goose egg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda in TX Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 :lol::lol::lol: Oh, you're funny. I've bought one gift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crissy Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 I don't start until after Thanksgiving. I love the Thanksgiving holiday, and I don't like Christmas creeping in. I'll think about it next week. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babysparkler Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Shopping is done. I still need to load dd's favorite songs onto her new ipod and send family gifts out... then I'm done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree House Academy Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 I am finished other than stocking stuffers for the kids. :) I still go shopping on Black Friday, though. That is for ME! and for the thrill of the hunt! LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama2cntrykids Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 I have most stuff done. I'm getting my oldest a paper jams guitar and *maybe* something else that's small. I have the most to buy for my step-son and youngest son. With my step son, I will get jumper cables (he just started driving), an emergency kit for his truck, more rocket engines, and some type of military legos (or similar). My youngest ds just wants Legos or Wii games. Easy. Well, not so easy because he can't decide what Lego set he wants lol. My dd will probably get one or two more smaller items. I am getting a flat screen for dh and I have NO idea what I'm getting my mother! Whew! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Done, except for gifts that need to be baked (but the tins are ready and I have all the ingredients), and gifts coming from the liquor store (and I have nice bags ready for the wine). Also, DH needs to choose one last thing for his mom and stepdad, but that's him, not me.:D I have 4 packages on their way now, and have to finish knitting/sewing the "explorer bag" I'm making DS for night 8 of Hanukkah, but everything else for Hanukkah and Christmas is wrapped. I bought things throughout the year as I saw them, and I can't believe how nice it feels! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan in SC Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 I'm almost done with the boys. I have a few things sitting in my Amazon cart, so I need to decide what to do with them. I have to pick up another gift or two for my dh, and then I'll have to think about shipping things to out of town relatives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeaganS Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 I'm done! I just finished today with that awesome Harry Potter movie deal on Amazon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristavws Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 I only have 2-gifts left to buy! I am hoping to have all the boxes shipped out on Monday. Krista Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baseball mom Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 :blink: Done :lol: that is funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kat19 Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 I have one gift bought. :lol: I will be out Friday trying to get some good deals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaffodilDreams Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Just have to create a memory book for the grandparents and buy a little something for dh. Dd is done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaT Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Haven't even started! I think I thrive on the thrill of last-minute shopping in some perverse way... :D This is me. I don't even start until second week of December. I put it out of my mind until then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoyfulMama Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Done? What would I do this coming Friday if I were all done??!?!?!?! I am about half done, and I have a very short list for shopping on Friday. The problem I have is the list that has yet to be created...I need to think of ideas to buy for my dd4 - for both Christmas and her birthday 2 weeks later. :confused: Took them all to Toys R Us last night for some ideas, and dd4 liked the Play Doh. :001_huh: Not that I'm against Play-doh, but I was hoping for a new idea... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 I hate shopping for anyone but my kids. DH's family is a PIT Rear as they never like what we give them and his siblings have stopped getting us anything anyway. May just give grandma a creative memories book and call it a day! Making soap for scout leaders and maybe church folks. Have celaphane and ribbon and will do it up nicely. My parents are bought for. Dawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayle in Guatemala Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Absolutely finished. Have been for about 3 weeks now! We have my parents coming for Christmas this year and so I've been buying a little at a time with Amazon for the last few months so they can bring them down. The only things we have left are some stocking stuffers which are nothing too important since we do mostly treats we don't usually buy and some fun little things. I will NEVER shop at a mall at Christmas time again! I love online shopping! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Barely started but most of it will be done online. We aren't exchanging with any adults except I'll get something for my mom and he'll get something for his mom. He and I are buying something to share and the kids are getting Wii Resort (which we already purchased on sale) plus a few other Wii add ons, a science experimenting kit per boy, and stockings. DD, who isn't around to play the Wii much, will get something under the tree in addition to her stocking. I'll make up a fruit basket with the baked goods for our 4-H extension director and her secretary to share at the office the week before Christmas. We will be giving (anonymously) some groceries to a nineteen year old boy (a neighbor) who is valiantly attempting to raise his two daughters (3 and 1) while their mother is running around the country with another woman from a circus group (yeah, no joke....its like a page out of a soap opera). He's trying really hard so we want to help him without embarassing him. The clothes will come from my favorite resale shop with one new outfit per girl but I'll have to shop the day of for the groceries so they are really fresh. Dh may put together a present for the daddy. I haven't asked him about that yet. So, really, I don't have much to do. I just hate stocking shopping because it's hard to find meaningful things to put in them that don't cost an arm and a leg. Faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Here's the thing though. I am making nine of these blankets and I hope and pray I can get them all done in time for Christmas!!!!! EEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKK!!!! I'm not even really started yet. Those blankets look like a *lot* of work. Lots of cutting and tying by hand. Sometimes sewing is actually easier! Should go pretty quickly though, if you can do them while watching Christmas movies. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaillardia Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 This is me. I don't even start until second week of December. I put it out of my mind until then. :iagree: I thrive on the thrill of seeing if there's enough money for Christmas.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalicoKat Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 I have one more online order, but it's the big one--American Girl. And then I will be done! :party: I start to feel hysterical if I haven't gotten most of it done by Thanksgiving. I cannot stand to fight the crowds in December. Here's the thing though. I am making nine of these blankets and I hope and pray I can get them all done in time for Christmas!!!!! EEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKK!!!! Done last Friday. Or were you considering being done having them wrapped too. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danestress Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Earth by Jon Stewart, for either my husband or my adult son, and a big box of hand warming packets for stockings. That's it. I typically do all my shopping online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astrid Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 I have one more online order, but it's the big one--American Girl. And then I will be done! :party: I start to feel hysterical if I haven't gotten most of it done by Thanksgiving. I cannot stand to fight the crowds in December. Here's the thing though. I am making nine of these blankets and I hope and pray I can get them all done in time for Christmas!!!!! EEEEEEEEEKKKKKKKKKKK!!!! Those blankets are THE BEST! Dd recieved one as a gift a few years ago and it goes on every road trip (mostly to dog shows) with her. She LOVES it, and after a long day at a dog show, she loves nothing more than to curl up with her fleece blanket on the long drive home. I'm sure yours will be adored by the lucky recipients! astrid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakia Posted November 23, 2010 Author Share Posted November 23, 2010 Done last Friday. Or were you considering being done having them wrapped too. :) WRAPPED??? BWWAHAHAHAHAHA!! I don't wrap until the week before. I detest wrapping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 I would say I am about half way through plus stocking stuffers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 The only thing I have left that requires money is get some photos printed for far flung relatives. I'm still working on Dh's quilt though, and have two dolls to make. I'm sure I'll get them done in time. :D Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KrissiK Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 I am close to starting. I haven't gotten anything yet. I think I may go on Amazon after I'm done here and buy a few things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sukale Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 I just need to get the socking stuffers. Under the tree this year my look sad but I feel better about what I bought. I did a few nice gifts instead of a bunch of cheap little gifts to make it look like more. My little girl got a huge doll house that will be set up when she wakes up. My big girl got a nice desk and chair that will be set up also. Then they each have a few things for under the tree to go with their big gift. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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