A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Banter Hall Home for the Holidays Early Christmas shopping...

Bummer! Well Wal-Mart is good too although I was there last Saturday and they didn't have much fleece to choose from.

I've been so good saving my money for christmas shopping. Won't be long before I start a full blown attack on internet shopping.

I forgot to buy wrapping paper on clearance last year, by the time I remembered it was all sold out. The women down at the store think I'm crazy each year when I come in and buy it as soon as they put it out. Best thing I do is wrap and stick presents away....that way I'm not wrapping for days before Christmas. I usually have so much to wrap it takes forever, and I usually get suckered into wrapping moms stuff too.

I like gift bags and boxes also, especially since we can get them in packages at the dollar store.

I spend too much time wrapping. I put ribbon and bows and everything else on my gifts. James gives me a hard time because it just gets ripped off and thrown away anyways. I know that but I like them to look pretty.

You know the decorated boxes? I even wrap them! I'm a wrapping freak and I never use gift bags.....maybe I should!

I figured that, Santa Loz.

Pretty sad huh? I enjoy it to an extent and then I get so sick of wrapping, but I push on and get 'er done!

i love the gift bags! but i tend to wrap the gifts up n stick em in the bags

Oh Christy, that is SO me! I don't use bags often, but if I do for a BD or something, I wrap all the gifts first.

You gals crack me up.

Bought a new Webkinz today for Athena....either for her BD in November or Christmas, haven't decided yet. And I've been doing some internet shopping for gifts for Mark!

i order alot for the girls from avon dont gotta go no were, just sit there on my break at work n brows the catalog
i ordered their perfumes, im hopin they get the birthstone key necklace charm n chains in again, i need two more sets!

im sure she'll love the webkinz!

I need wrapping paper! I got TONS of Avon for gifts in my order the other day.....the order total was $850 and I'd say about $175-200(retail not discount) are presents for mom, my sister, and friends. For that much money with my discount I got tons and tons of things to wrap. And no paper! That stresses me out because I'd like to get started wrapping as I get stuff so I don't have to do too much at one time.

I'm waiting on three online orders to come......I've been burning up that Christmas Club account I have.

Our Dollarama has the Christmas paper out already.

Starting to lightning, gotta go before this computer blows See ya soon.

Maybe my Dollar Tree has some already! That would be cool!

Shut it down Tamara, don't want you blowing up the computer!

I have Christmas wrapping paper in stock.

I'm really cheap with Christmas paper though Wrennie...like $1 a roll...I figure since it's just getting tore open who cares? Plus last year I went thru something like 25 rolls of it.

Holy Cr@p Loz, 25 rolls? How many gifts do you wrap?

Ummm, a lot...like a lot a lot. I buy everyone way too much stuff. But I love it! I already have 15 things for mom and I'm nowhere near done yet. And it's not like I'm rich, but if you start shopping early and get good bargains you can afford a lot more.

Santa Loz

25 rolls! wow. Thats where you want to get the dollar store after christmas 2 for 1 specials!

Guess what a lady came in and bought a bunch of today? Christmas gift tags! She said she does her shopping throughout the year and then its not a rush at Christmas! Gee, who does she sound like?

Loz put me in the mood today also for Christmas, I made my lists.

I just like to shop and give so Christmas is a good holiday for me. Presents aside, the real meaning is more important but since I'm a shopper.....

I bought Athena a pink robe and a matching nightgown tonight and they were both 30 percent off, I had a 20 percent off one item coupon so the robe that was originally $20 was $11.20 and the nightgown was $14 on sale for $9.80. I wouldn't have bought anything but well I had a coupon and I had to go in and make a payment on moms charge card anyway.

Then I went in Walmart and got Athena a craft kit to make a purse and Dad a DVD.....yep shopping is coming along nice!

I need new battery operated scissors though, mine broke and I swear those things are the best things ever for cutting wrapping paper.....sounds lazy but it really stops your hand from hurting when you go thru 25 rolls.

Add electric scissors to your craft swap list wish.

i meant wish list

Good idea!

Heading upstairs to wrap some presents. I found a roll of paper at moms.

Oh loz, too bad you live so far away--i think we would get along soooo well--- (when it comes to shopping for Christmas anyway---
I need to be more like you---i do start shopping early but then I leave the wrapping until last minute. (my bad) And as I said, I have it all written down in a book--so one would think I would go ahead & wrap.---hopefully this year----

You just know Faye will be saying,"I know I have wrapping paper somewhere, now where did it go?"

Sis-in-Law went to town Saturday, she said the dollar store had an aisle full of Christmas stuff, they were only starting to put it out when I was there last week. She said her three yr old squealed when she seen the big red stockings

I usually ask my bro in October what he wants & SIL, and he groans and doesnt even want to think about it yet.

your wrappin already!! i gotta list n just a few things

So far I've wrapped 20 presents for mom. I think I'm done her now. Of course I say that now but there's still a lot of time left yet. :wink:

A list is a good start!

And I've been asking people what they want...they groan too, nobody seems to KNOW what they want.....although I have a hard time when people ask me that too. The only ones I got answers from were Athena because she's a kid and wants everything she sees , and Mark because he knows to tell me what he wants when I have money.

you ask a kid what they want n they will tell ya and them some!

with adults im more sneaky instead of askin what they want [cause ya know your gonna get the groan n a i dont know. if you ask] just bring up a topic of their instrest and ask questions of what theyd like, or what they would like to do with their instrest thing. n get clues that way its sneaky but it works,

I'll be starting my shopping soon. Loz has me inspired already.

I needed a laugh Tamara! Glad to be an inspiration.

And Christy, what you do is really smart. Most people I don't ask I just like to surprise people. I put a lot of thought into the gifts I buy for others. I make lists of ideas before I go shopping. Although SOME people I have no clue what to get...like my in laws.

Yay Penny, circle those things!

Got the Sears Wish Book also, now I'm ready to start. Too bad it requires money

If money grew on trees we'd all be so rich since we're all good gardeners.

growing up that was dads fav. saying about "if money grew on trees".

Before mom gets home I want to get her a new house phone for her birthday (sept 3)....the kind like I have with 2 handsets, maybe even 3...that are a set and have an intercom. So I need to find that, and I need to find somewhere that has Christmas wrapping paper...I'm itching to wrap all the presents I have and I'm outta my roll of paper.

we used to do that(circle things in the sears wish book) all the time when we were little. it was such fun!!