I know it's only October but really the Winter Holidays are JUST around the corner. If you really think about it there's only 2 months and 9 days until Christmas, and less than 2 months until Hannukah. I know there are many other Holidays celebrated this time of year, but these are the two we personally celebrate with gifts..so they're the only ones on my radar at this point in the year!
A friend of mine starts for the next year in January. I personally don't start until October..then I start my planning but usually don't make many purchases until Black Friday. I like to be DONE by my December though. My husband would be perfectly ok waiting til the night before and then going out and buying gifts. So what's your usual Holiday shopping trend? Do you wait til last minute or are you done way ahead of time?
Do you make lists before hand or just wing it once you get to the store? I'm a bit of both. I make lists and budget things out and have a basic idea of what I want to buy, but inevitably there is something we find in the store that we have to have for one of the kids and so we buy that too and "budget" is just a joke since it's always blown.
A friend of mine starts for the next year in January. I personally don't start until October..then I start my planning but usually don't make many purchases until Black Friday. I like to be DONE by my December though. My husband would be perfectly ok waiting til the night before and then going out and buying gifts. So what's your usual Holiday shopping trend? Do you wait til last minute or are you done way ahead of time?
Do you make lists before hand or just wing it once you get to the store? I'm a bit of both. I make lists and budget things out and have a basic idea of what I want to buy, but inevitably there is something we find in the store that we have to have for one of the kids and so we buy that too and "budget" is just a joke since it's always blown.
