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By: Tiffany S.

Tiffany S. — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:21:43 +0000

Thank you all for making me feel much more normal … you can’t believe the seething looks I get from people who know I’m all done! Sounds like I’m in GREAT company!

By: Jaymie

Jaymie — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:13:48 +0000

I too am done shopping. I was done except for 2 photo gifts I ordered this weekend, but had been done for about 2 weeks prior to that. I am a plan WAY in advance person. I have a hard time dealing with the stress of last minute no matter what it is.

By: Dana

Dana — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:54:13 +0000

We always shop in advance. my husband hates crowds, and he refuses to go to any store more than necessary from mid-November to January. Fortunately we usually go to our local farmer’s market right at 6:30 am when it opens, and my husband has recently found a grocery store that opens at 7, so at least I don’t have to stock up on 6 weeks worth of food…

By: shelterrific » Blog Archive » a few things we learned last week

shelterrific » Blog Archive » a few things we learned last week — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 13:10:41 +0000

[...] 1. Some of you have already finished your holiday shopping! Tiffany S. writes: “I have to tell my friends and family that I’m not trying to be smug by sending my gifts out before Thanksgiving – it’s just that I really can’t bear the lines that start everywhere the day after Thanksgiving. Most gifts were purchased by October. Last night I ran to Pier One and found some great ‘last-minute’ (meaning pre-Thanksgiving) holiday gifts so I guess…I’m all…done. I’m a little sad about it but at least I won’t be standing in line.” Tell us how you handle the holiday shopping scene here. [...]

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 04:30:05 +0000

Funny, I’m a shop-way-in-advance type, while my husband is a last-minute type. More often than not, he wants to play a role in getting the gift, but is unwilling to even think about it until a few days beforehand.

I try to make the process less stressful by buying a bunch of cool non-personal things as I see them in stores, and then we go “shopping” from the stash when an occasion comes up. I feel kind of bad to give such generic gifts, but the alternative is no gift at all.

By: Tiffany S.

Tiffany S. — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:56:00 +0000

I have to tell my friends and family that I’m not trying to be smug by sending my gifts out before Thanksgiving – it’s just that I really can’t bear the lines that start everywhere the day after Thanksgiving.

This year we knocked everyone down to a $20-25 limit and that made shopping incredibly easy. We still ended up getting great gifts (cool folding reusable shopping bags, Harijuku girl perfume, desk organization items, signed books, tea that donates a percentage of proceeds to Breast Cancer research, dried fruit from the PNW). I’m actually more excited about the gifts this year than I have been about other years.

Anyway, most gifts were purchased by October. Last night I ran to Pier One and found some great “last-minute” (meaning pre-Thanksgiving) holiday gifts so I guess…I’m all…done. I’m a little sad about it but at least I won’t be standing in line.

(Did that sound smug?)