I'm a planner. I really hate going into a situation without knowing what is going to happen. So come July I like to start thinking of what to buy our many kids for Christmas.
because we have what I like to think of as a unique situation (though I'm certain that there are many people with similar situations)... we have two children who's birthdays are two weeks before christmas. Erica on the 11 and Timothy the very next day.
When Timothy was but a tiny 7 month old baby I decided that something had to be done if I was going to be able to afford two birthdays and then Christmas so closely behind that. the answer to that problem was this: I would start buying presents here and there from July until Christmas. it has worked so beautifully. I have had to cut down the number of presents each child gets, mainly because they just get so over loaded with things that they don't enjoy them and I didn't enjoy Christmas.
Today I ordered the first present of our 2009 Christmas season. I'm feeling very proud of myself and yet I feel that I have slacked on this and like last year the anxiety will kick in soon because I waited month too long to get started.
but this year I am limiting the number of gifts to 3 from mom and dad (aka Santa - though they all know that we are the big guy) and we will have the kids draw names out of a hat some time around November. I think I can handle that, but I'd better get crackin'
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Yay for you! We just finished our rounds of birthdays (1-May, 1-June, 2-July, 1 Aug) - although mine doesn't count since I don't shop for myself, so now I can start thinking about Christmas. I'm not nearly as good as you, though. I should get started but I know that I won't really start thinking about it until around the end of October. What was your first purchase? Or, if your kids read this, who was it for?
I'm pretty sure my kids don't read my blog so it is probably safe to say I got a plug and play pac-man game for Timothy. he has a little TV in his room. he picked it up for free from the Young Women's garage sale.
He usually isn't too specific about the things he wants but he mentioned this particularly so I figured I might as well get it for him. Now if he had asked for something like an Xbox or a PlayStation I would not have bought that just because of the expense and the fighting that would happen.
in another week or two I will get something else for someone else and gradually cross everything off the many lists I will make from now until Christmas Eve.
Funny-- I started thinking about Christmas today myself. I start shopping about now also.
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