Let’s say it is getting close to
Christmas and you are in a frenzy trying to think what to get for Uncle John or
your cousin Sue. (Does this sound familiar?) You have one week left
and you are in a panic, you have already overspent and this is not fun anymore. To be perfectly honest, is this how you want to spend your Holidays?
I knew a woman once who had all of
her Christmas bought by August. When the
Holidays came she would wrap her presents, decorate her house and enjoy the
season.
No, I don’t have my presents bought
yet, but starting this next week I am going to put on my list start my Christmas shopping. I have to have a list for groceries or other items needed when
I go shopping or else I forget what I need and its not like I can just run to the store, the stores I shop at are about two hours
away from where I live.
I have a few plastic
totes at my home and as I buy the presents I put them in the tote. The first year I did buy early I forgot where the presents were when the Holidays came or who I had bought for. That is when I came up with the totes and it
has made it much easier to keep track of what I have. You may also make list of what you bought and
who it is for quick scanning.
By doing it this way you buy a
little at a time, you can get better buys and you get something that someone
really wants rather than just a token to say I got you something and made myself feel better. (I hate that) By shopping this way I have given things to my family that have meant
something to them that they can use.
Enjoy your Holidays.
