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Monday, December 20, 2004
Boring mid-month pre-holiday update Well, I've gotten most of my shopping done; I've ordered the things I wanted to online, and now I just have to wait for them to show up. We haven't done cards yet—I did get two nice ones for my parents and grandparents and mailed them today, but the cousins and second cousins and friends of friends aren't done at all. I know we've got to do them, I know we do, but oh, man, is it hard to get motivated for it. Maybe it would help if we had our lights and our little artificial tree up; maybe I'll try to get some of that done tonight. I kind of want to do a popcorn-and-cranberry garland this year, too, so the bird can perch on it and peck at it and play with it and eat it. (Yes, I know, I'm totally bird-whipped. But you try to resist the little fluffball.) The news is full of "we're at the mall interviewing last-minute shoppers" stories; oh, c'mon, five days before Christmas is so not last-minute. Last-minute is December 22nd at the earliest, and really not till December 23rd or Christmas Eve. And it's not always a bad thing; two years ago I went shopping so late on the 24th that I was able to buy things at the post-Christmas markdown prices. I'll take last-minute stress witha 60% discount versus done-in-time security at full price any day. [ at 6:20 PM • by Abby • permalink • ] |
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