Post-Christmas wrap-up: planning
Argh. I just typed an entry and then promptly closed my editor without posting it. It didn\’t ask me if I want to save it and I didn\’t think to do so, so it\’s gone.
Anyway, it went something like this:
I need to do my Christmas cards in November, because I am still working on this year\’s cards. Despite my best intentions, I didn\’t even start them until a few days before Christmas. Jim goes to a conference every year for a week around mid-December and I get really behind, so next year, I\’ll account for that.
I was pretty happy with what we gave everyone. I tended to agonize less about what to give people, believe it or not, and bought things as I saw them rather than waiting until after further deliberation.
I would like to buy more throughout the year thought and keep track of gift ideas as I see them. For example, my MIL wants a set of those small, rigid placemats that they use in England. I saw a set of them at Big*Lots for cheap.
And my FIL is a big hot tea drinker, so he might appreciate one of those mug warmers to keep his tea warm.
Any things that worked particularly well for you this year? Or things that you\’d like to do different next year?
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