My desktop holiday trees.
So we’ve given Thanks for Thanksgiving and have no doubt have Christmas Under Control *
Well, I do, but I only bought a couple of people presents and they (and I) have needs and wants that can be easily handled by catalogues.
Well, if you’re feeling terribly extravagant darling..
I actually rather like that approach to buying gifts for someone. I would be more than happy to provide the link to the book I’d like or even the dreaded Gift Certificate: I love them. To some people it says “I don’t care about enough about you to find out what you really want.” I think it says “I love you enough to contribute monetarily to your quest to own that Orange Vuitton purse shaped like a bowling ball, but not enough to actually approve of the bag.”
“If I don’t get it I’ll DIE!”
*note: my hats off to all the people who work to keep those holiday balls we are all juggling airborne. How anyone does it today without prescription drugs I’ll never know. So kids, do yourself a favor and say a silent “thanks” to everyone from the parents who had to sit though “If I don’t get it I’ll DIE!!” to the poor UPS driver stuck in a snow drift who’s hearing is supervisor bleat “If they don’t get it they’ll DIE!!” Let’s all breathe. It’s a PlayStation not a pancreas, so let’s just be happy for that.
What are your holiday plans, and are they all planned? Let us know in the comments.
Images: my iPhone, Wikimedia Commons
“it’s a playstation not a pancreas” hahahahahaha truer words were never spoken, my friend. I have a couple friends with whom I exchange “surprise” gifts, which is fun. But the kids are very much wanting specific things which I am more than happy to buy them, frankly. I had my years of fun picking things out that I thought they might like.
I absolutely prefer gift cards, or even cash, rather than some random gift, which is alas what I tend to get. Oh well!
Tom, this was so hilarious! I have a big family event at which everyone drinks hot chocolate (and later harder stuff if they’re old enough) and gets a gift. So I thought I’d just die if I didn’t get that Brookstone tabletop s’mores maker for half price from Walgreens.
I saw the circular, which they denied existed in store! Then I saw it on sale again, ordered it online for in-store pick up. Now, it’s mine, all mine! And s’mores will be had!