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October 25, 2005
Only 61 shopping days till .... aargh!
I'm the first to complain about the extortionate cost of Christmas and yet I'm always the one who thinks I haven't spent quite enough on X or that Y has more than Z so I must get Z something else. I seem to spend the whole year paying for the previous Christmas only to find I'm suddenly facing it all again. It's a chore ... and an expensive one at that.
As we're all going to be eating together again this year (there'll be twelve of us), my sister came up with the suggestion that we all put a rein on our spending and limit presents to a value of £10. Sounds great to me, sounds great to everyone in fact.
But it takes some doing. It's far harder to buy a meaningful present for less than a tenner than it is to splash out £30 or more. My mum is an excellent present buyer. She's already shown me a few of the items she's bought this year and they are wonderful gifts that I know will be really appreciated. I'm rather jealous, I know I won't do as well.
I normally do all my present buying the day before Christmas Eve and most people know exactly what they're going to get. I'm so predictably safe. It always seems ridiculous to me that Christmas shopping starts earlier and earlier every year.
Given that I work in the city centre, gift shopping should be easy but I never seem to find the time. And I always leave it to late to buy online. This year I'm going to have to make a special effort. I only hope I can get it right.
Posted by lilliebet at October 25, 2005 08:42 AM
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