First off, did I attack the Room of Horrors this week? That answer would be a big fat no. Why, you might ask? If I were to answer honestly, the answer would be I just was not feeling it. And now with a 10 week countdown facing me, feeling it or not no longer matters. I have nothing planned for Monday except to face the room of doom and get it done. Unless I can think of another lame brain excuse!
I've gotta stop with the excuses and just get Christmas going!
Meanwhile, I did get few presents for both the sons and the DILs. Some of them were smaller odd sized presents, and I made boxes to fit them. I am actually getting pretty decent at box making.
Everything bought so far has been wrapped, but most are not tagged or bowed yet. I write the name of each recipient on the bottom of the wrapped gift with a fine tip black sharpie marker. If they want to complain that I have ruined the integrity of the package by doing that, so be it. I'm not going to lose sleep over it one way or the other.
I do not put the tags or ribbons on the presents until I have the trees up and can artfully arrange them beneath the tree have somewhere to toss them where they will not be in the way, or get stepped on.
Because it is so close to Halloween, I have been investing my energy toward that holiday. By that I mean driving around and looking at everyone else's lovely decor, not by doing anything here at home. It's the thought that counts, right?
I did finish buying all the Hershey chocolate bars for the ghosts an goblins that will be coming by the house on the big night. This year I upped my count to 90 bars. Last year I ran out and had to turn off the lights and quit answering the door earlier than normal. I know every year some kids phase out because they think they are too old and it is not cool, but every house in the neighborhood that sells has a family with kids. I never know quite how many we will have.
1 Day till Thanksgiving (Canada)
19 Days till Halloween
46 Days till Thanksgiving (U.S.A.)
74 Days till Christmas
Ho Ho Hold on to your hats. It's coming!
If you run out of lame brain excuses, I have plenty you can borrow. Of course, most of mine involve health, reading, or watching a movie.
ReplyDeleteI seem to be a master of the excuses!
DeleteI'm impressed that you already have several wrapped gifts. I haven't gotten much past the thinking stage.
ReplyDeleteI like to wrap them as soon as I record them in my official Christmas book (AKA black and white composition book with Christmas written in the subject line.) I don't like having a marathon wrapping session.
Deletelol on the room of horrors! I have a storage closet I need to clean out but that is not happening this year. Cindy in the South
ReplyDeleteThe room of horrors consists of a huge cedar closet that was filled with all seasonal decorations. My intention was to go through every single bin getting rid of thing I no longer need or want, so now much/ nearly all of the decorations are in the floor and on all the surfaces of the room. Hence the room of horrors designation, because it is just flat out horrible in there.
DeleteI’m making my list of gifts to buy and trying to come up with a gift for young adults at the dirty Santa exchange I’m invited too. Decisions, decisions.
ReplyDeleteDirty Santa is fun, and it is always great to bring the gift everyone "steals".
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DeleteSounds like you are making progress on the gift buying and wrapping front! Well done!
ReplyDeleteI am making progress on the easiest things to do while ignoring the most difficult.
DeleteLove that you are so well prepared for the holidays!
ReplyDeleteI am not well prepared. If I would get off my duff and attack the stupid room upstairs life would certainly improve.
DeleteWo-hoo for box making! That sounds like something my crafty hubby might do -- but being easily intimidated by inanimate objects, I'm good with a big bag and tissue paper.
ReplyDeleteI really do like the presents to look very pretty. It makes some of the smaller gifts look a little grander.
DeleteWill she or won't she? That is the question. :)
ReplyDeleteI get it, we have a craft room that is a total disaster (of my daughter's making, not mine) that needs a full gut job and resort. But that's not happening, as I can't get in there and she won't do it. Every time she does go in the room, she starts a new project.
I am drinking more coffee, avoiding going upstairs.
DeleteHello! You inspired me! I have made some purchases and have my wrapping paper ready! It comes so quickly!
ReplyDeleteIt does, doesn't it?
DeleteI know can you believe it. I try to buy gifts through out the year so not over whelmed but I have not done this the last few years so it catches up with me!
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I try to buy things all along and have had some bought since right after Christmas last year.
DeleteWe were eating dinner at our neighbor's house last night and they are from Canada . . .they told us that they were so thankful we (and a couple of other folks) were there with them! I haven't made a single purchase.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy gift giving, but everyone except our granddaughter is an adult and not as much fun to buy for. As the year progresses, any time I see something small I think someone will actually want and use, I pick it up. I have a small storage place where I keep them until it get closer to the holiday. Then I begin wrapping.
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