A Head Start
I made good on my promise to get most of the shoppy parts nearly finished by November this year. It’s very liberating, not to mention easier on the bank account each month. And now I can turn my undivided attention to craftier pursuits!
Daniel is all finished, aside from a couple of stocking stuffers, though to be fair, he’s the easiest. One bigger toy and a few smaller ones — we won’t go overboard because his grandparents will do that for us. There are so very many things I’d like to get him (more to play with myself than anything, hee), that I’m really rather proud of my restraint!
I picked out all our cards very, very early, chronicled here. May I enthusiastically recommend Target for your holiday card needs? Such a huge selection — traditional, quirky, what have you — at reasonable prices. I can even get the stamps online, sweet.
Gifts for my family are either purchased and wrapped, or decided upon and orderable online. The home-made presents are well on their way (fingers crossed that they turn out!). Gifts for the inlaws are just a pleasant drive through the country away. Even D., who is notoriously difficult, is done in my head.
The only true challenge that remains will be Secret Santa 
Hoorah!
