Has anyone else here not started their christmas shopping?

[AlCzervik]

the thought of actually just making the list makes me feel queasy.

[bicentennial_baby]

1. same here...

I don't even know how I'm going to be able to buy all of things I need/want to for people... ugh.

[AlCzervik]

2. i don't have any idea of what i'm getting for anyone including my husband and daughter

so i asked her to make a list of what she would like "Jeez Mom, nothing, i can't think of anything besides book store and itunes gift cards" thats pretty bad when even a 13 year old doesn;t want anything.

[Sanity Claws]

8. actually it's pretty good

you've apparently provided well for your daughter. You've also raised her well -- she knows there's more to life than stuff.

[AlCzervik]

9. she's not really into "Stuff" except for books, music and art supplies and bingo, now thanks

to you i have an idea, some spiffy new art supplies! Thank you!

[Der Blaue Engel]

3. I never do my Christmas shopping before the last week

Often, I'm running around on Christmas Eve getting the bulk of it. But I actually enjoy that.

I discovered long ago that the earlier I started shopping, the more I bought, because I'd just keep doing it until Christmas Eve anyway.

[AlCzervik]

5. do you panic at all waiting so long? Thats my problem, panic sets in.

[Der Blaue Engel]

36. Not really, but I suppose it might if I had a lot of people to shop for

I just have my son and my partner, and two or three friends.

If you don't like dealing with the crowds, Amazon is a good place to buy from, since they give you "last day to order" shipping deadlines and you can usually buy pretty close to the holiday. I used to use Overstock a lot, but they screwed me last year.

[Blue-Jay]

4. I haven't even started *thinking* about it yet.

[LeftyMom]

6. I walked LK through the toy store to get some clue what he wants, but that's it.

I'm going to try real hard to get everything online, except some clothes for LK.

[AlCzervik]

7. i do most of my gift shooping online because it has to get shipped to the east coast

but this year i feel like i'm out of ideas.

[greatauntoftriplets]

10. I bouht two of these online today....

One for the triplets and one for their three first cousins.



They are really cool.

[AlCzervik]

11. do they have to use their imagination?

you're messing with my head.

[greatauntoftriplets]

12. Oops!!!!

http://odtmaps.com/detail.asp_Q_product_id_E_HDP-NI-21x...

[AlCzervik]

13. thats pretty cool, and my kids could use it for several things, school for one

and she has the book "A thousand places to see before you die" and she needs a map to stick push pins for the locations she wants to go. Thanks for the link, i'm thinking my nieces would like that as well.

[JI7]

30. i remember seeing the satellite images and thinking how huge Africa was

i'm sure it had a lot to do with the maps i had seen before which gave a misleading impression .

[Shell Beau]

14. No way! I procrastinate! That makes it more fun!

[femmocrat]

15. I haven't started and I have zero inspiration.

And I'm usually about half-done by now. I'm just not in the spirit this year.

[AlCzervik]

16. me neither, maybe thats the problem, i have almost no interest in celebrating christmas

this year. My friend Mary and her son are coming out to spend the holiday with us this year, he other son got deployed and is in Kirkuk and she can't deal with her family right now, her extended family that is so she's coming to hang out in California for week. I'm really looking forward to her visit, just not Christmas.

[Mojambo]

17. I'll start about a month from now. n/t

[Bennyboy]

18. I am going to donate to the "Human Fund"

In all of your names.....

[Wapsie B]

19. Me, but what I'm going to get are either gift certificates or cash.

No biggie for me.

[bigwillq]

20. I haven't started yet

I don't have a lot to buy but I usually wait until the last minute.

[edbermac]

21. Not me, I'm broke. Got about 8 dollars and change until the end of the month.

[bridgit]

22. i'm making genuine progress, i have the list...

shopping starts tomorrow http://taylorsmarket.com

[Kutjara]

23. My Christmas shopping usually begins...

...at around 11:50pm on December 24th, and consists of a panicked dash to the nearest gas station "all nite shop." Say what you like, but my family never runs short of windscreen washer fluid and jumper cables.

[DarkTirade]

24. Started my what what now?

[Capn Sunshine]

25. Prior to outright declaration of WAR on Christmas, we are doing a boycott

Seriously. Screw the whole system.

[RiffRandell]

26. Me. n/t

[Al Federfer]

27. Screw Christmas. n/t

[madrchsod]

28. pretty much done..my daughter and i have been buying all year.

deep discounts on last years christmas stuff,charity shop stuff the rest of the this year.we have about three boxes full of stuff that cost about 250. i`ll buy my wife and kids one new present and that`s it...

[fishwax]

29. I'm not sure whether I'm actually doing christmas shopping this year

so, no, I've not started either ...

[Skittles]

31. I don't buy into any of that crap

although I do give to an needy family

[Inchworm]

32. I did buy one

I hope it all works out 'cause I bought her a weird item.

[Perseid]

33. I don't shop

for anyone other than those close to me in my daily life.

My family, and others understand.

That's the way I am. I give to those who have given to me during the year.

[Bzzzz]

34. 95% finished...

One grandchild to go...all thru online purchases. Only one grandchild to go and wrapping paper.

[Wcross]

35. Finished because I don't participate! Woo-Hoo! n/t

[Critters2]

37. Haven't done a thing yet.

Finally looked at my family's Amazon wish lists last night.

[Mutley]

38. I always wait until the last possible second.

I've waited until Christmas Eve before.

[Flaxbee]

39. I either make a gift, or don't give one

My family is very big and for a long time all our spare $$ went into caring for an aging, ill mother (who now, thank goodness, has full benefits)- the only thing we'd buy gifts for was an extraordinary event, like a graduation or wedding, something that doesn't necessarily come every year. So for Christmas, we just either make gifts, or call each other. We make the house festive with boughs, etc. (don't buy a tree - don't like the idea of cutting a tree just to toss it away) and always make really good food, but that's about it.

The entire capitalist frenzy at the holidays really pisses me off. I guess I'm just a Scrooge.

[yellowdogintexas]

40. there are a few small items purchased, for husband and daughter

and I don't plan to shop for anyone else. I have a bunch of stuff to prepare for a fund raising party, and a Christmas party at our YWCA for the resident girls

I have to get through Thanksgiving and my daughter's birthday first.

[treestar]

41. No

I do better just waiting until Dec. 24. It really seems to work. Before that, I have no idea what to get.

[TommyO]

42. I've bought a few ornaments from Crate and Barrel, along with a doormat

That's it!