Now What Do I Do?

Silly me had the bright idea to start my Christmas shopping early this year, as opposed to get stuck in the holiday shopping rush. In previous years, I totally lived for Black Friday. I would scour the ads in detail on Thanksgiving Day (after stuffing myself with insane amounts of food). I'd map out my route for the next day, and couldn't wait to hurl myself in with the other hardcore holiday shoppers. Only the strong would survive that day, and trust me when I tell you that I always survived. I think I most loved Black Friday because to me, it meant that it was officially time to start decorating and getting ready for Christmas.

However, as we all know, having a couple kids tends to throw a wrench into even the best laid out shopping plan. Knowing that I most likely wouldn't be partaking in Black Friday this year, I decided to get a jump start on the Christmas shopping for the boys... so I made my lists and checked them twice (and three, four and five more times). If you know me, then you know that I research the heck out of everything, so this was quite a process. Once I was satisfied with my lists, I went over all the items with Ben. He would say "yes, that's a good choice" (and I'd pat myself on the back) or "no, I don't like that item" (and I would just roll my eyes and leave it on the list anyway). =)~

So after finalizing my lists, I started comparing prices and came to realize that Amazon had the best prices or were comparable to other stores. And with free shipping and no tax, it all seemed like a no-brainer to me. So I pointed my mouse and click-click-click... then presto, the order is on its way. Now comes the sad part... it's not even Thanksgiving yet, and I have completely finished Christmas shopping for the boys, as well as for Braedyn's birthday presents.

With that gigantic task out of the way, I decided I should start thinking of ideas for our holiday greeting card. I mean, it was going to take lots of thinking to outdo last year's fabulous card. So after racking my brain, I finally thought of something, ran it by Ben, and he gave me the thumbs up. So I started working on the next masterpiece to add to our annual greeting card collection (in case you can't tell, I'm quite proud of our family greeting cards, haha). So I created the card, pointed my mouse and click-click-click... then presto, the order is on its way.

So today, I just looked at the calendar and realized that it's only November 20th. ::gasp:: What the heck am I supposed to do for the next month while I wait for Christmas to get here?!? If I don't come up with more things to shop for, I think I might start to lose my self-worth. I mean, I can't help but feel like I'm letting the mall shops down by not visiting them during December. But even moreso, during all my shopping trips, I always found a way to squeeze in a visit to Chick-fil-a. How is Chick-fil-a going to survive without me as a customer in December? I mean, seriously... who else is going to order that many "#1 Combo with no pickle and a sweet tea"? Is it just me, or is this starting to turn into a nightmare?