Ok, fess up, who is completely done christmas shopping?!

Well, who is running to get the last minute stuff and who is completely done with all Christmas shooping ( as in -  if Christmas were right now, would you be ready)

Oh me! I am. *glows with pride*
All the presents are bought and wrapped. The groceries too, the only thing left is the cooking.

I am proud to announce that I didn't buy a thing until yesterday and have one more gift to buy. It won't be hard because I know exactly what I will buy. I used to intend to buy early and procastinate till late but now I just plan it that way. It's in the men's rule book: No shopping early.

I so agree with you, southcarolinaguy!

I'm heading out in 30 minutes after a quick breakfast, and I'm heading for a "surgical strike" at two stores, with the exact items in mind.

Mind you, my other half already bought the "outlaw" and friends' presents, so I'm off the hook for those.

One of the other rules in the men's book: delegate!

 

Done last week, but have to wrap yet.

All presents are purchased and everything for the 25th is wrapped. I still have to get some candy and little things for the stockings and food for the brunch we host on the 26th. My in-laws sent us a honey-baked ham and side dishes, so Christmas dinner is pretty much taken care of; yay! for that!

I have a few things for the 26th that I may or may not wrap. I like to have something for all children who attend, and little toys or whatnot for the adults, too. Adults get Christmas crackers (this year, these), and I also have something that is waaaaaay cool to share with them: SNOW! I have some for folks to play with at the party and some for them to take home so they can make their own.

Kids who are coming are getting these, along with a couple of bottles of soda and Mentos. :-D

Yeah, I like Christmas, a lot!

I bought my presents in November.  Alex and I were supposed to exchange gifts yesterday but his got lost in the mail and had to be re-shipped.  They still haven't arrived. =(

My parents also got their gifts in November, bought in October, but only because we got them tickets to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra.  Everyone else in our families will get their gifts Christmas day, since that's what they celebrate.  All of which we bought about two weeks ago but haven't prepared yet.  They're gettin' tins of chocolate covered pretzels.

I still have to get my brother something, he wants some $150 Lego set (forget that!) and doesn't have any other ideas to give me. Problem is I have to work today and tomorrow Christmas Eve, hopefully I'm not working late so I can have a few hours to go shopping after. Nothing wrapped yet, but it's ok, I like wrapping :P

i was so proud that i finished drawing, painting and sending out 10 christmas cards by the first week of december. all my presents bought and were wrapped by the second week.

and now i've been so bored! i think next year i will go back to  procrastinating! hahaha!

I had been done for weeks until we got a call from my mother in law LAST NIGHT saying that her Christmas plans had changed and now not only are we exchanging gifts (she had emailed 3 weeks ago saying we weren't) but also we are required to come to her house for the day. Looking forward to the 4 hour drive and the $400 in car rental/ferry/gas. Honestly.

The goal for me and hubby is to get shopping done before Thanksgiving, which we accomplished except for 2 items, which I got the first week of December.

So, yeah, I'm ready. 

We're done! We're on a pretty strict budget so most of the shopping was done at the beginning of the month, with a few items and most of the groceries purchased yesterday. I have one trip to the butcher to make and that's it. AND my husband did all of the wrapping this year! This is the first year we've been so on top of things for the holidays. It's kinda neat.

Like SCguy, I started yesterday but my procrastination was not knowing what to get - same thing each year.  Still not finished and hoping for some "Eureka!" as a gaze through aisles.

Original Post by sun123: Like SCguy, I started yesterday but my procrastination was not knowing what to get - same thing each year.  Still not finished and hoping for some "Eureka!" as a gaze through aisles.

I hope that works for you. I learned in years past that does not work for me. If I can't come up with an idea before I leave the house, it doesn't get any better when I get to the stores.

I was done by Thanksgiving. I can't stand xmas shopping during the month of december, so I always strive to get it done early. I did all the wrapping last weekend and finished the xmas cards last weekend. There was just one gift to get last week, that I'd delegated to my DH to get.

I just want to add here that any teens on this group: please be appreciative of your parents for all the work they put into getting presents and wrapping them. And all the men who delegate to their wives for the bulk of the shopping, please be appreciative!!

I bought and wrapped a total of about 40 presents... mostly for my two teenagers and my DH but *also* his parents, my parents, his brothers' families, my siblings' families, neices, nephews, his aunt, his uncle .....

It's A LOT of work, no matter when you get it done.... but I seriously envy those who just have maybe a handful of presents to buy and that's it. I think my kids would freak if I only bought them a single gift. LOL. 

NOW I have one more hassle to worry about: xmas dinner plans have changed last minute, and everyone in my DH's family is hinting that I should pick up the ball and host a dinner here. ARGH. I had everything SOOO carefully planned out, so I didn't need to face the grocery store on xmas eve. :-(

Just call me "the Grinch" ... I'm feeling kind of negative about it right now and just want it all to be over. :-(

As of about 30 minutes ago I am completely done!! WOOT WOOT. And almost done wrapping prezzies as well, just 2 more to wrap (the ones I just bought today). I do most of my shopping online these days and I did start pretty early.

i am about to go :( and we just had a BIG snow fall. this is gonnna suckkkk

No problem!  Since all the kids are grown and there are only adults in the family, we collect money and send it to a charity we select at Thanksgiving.  We put an empty bowl on the table and everybody puts in a check made out to that charity.  On Christmas Day we put them into an envelope and mail it. 

This year the money is going Here

 

I'm done! Chanukah was weeks ago. : P

Uuuuuugh.  Alex burned the pretzels last night, so tonight we have to go to the store to buy more.  I dread it.  I know how many people do their last-minute dinner additions today.

I finished my Christmas shopping early this year. Today at 2:00pm instead of 5:45pm. ;-)