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Are you finished with your Christmas shopping?

post #1 of 30
12/11/10 at 7:44pm
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I am not! Usually, I have it pretty much knocked out by November. I am starting to panic.
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post #2 of 30
12/11/10 at 8:00pm
Nope, I have about half left!
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post #3 of 30
12/11/10 at 8:38pm
Yes. Finally finished. I wasn't able to get out and do much shopping because I've been having a great deal of pain for the last few months, so I did what I could and opted to buy gift carts/certificates. Yesterday I went to Safeway to get a few groceries and picked up 3 boxes of chocolates, today I went to the bank and stopped at a kitchen store and bought a gift certificate and a lovely card for my brother and his girl friend.

I also bought myself more stuff! I've been wanting some martini glasses and a new roaster. They were 50% off and at the till I got another 20%, so I was thrilled.
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post #4 of 30
12/11/10 at 8:50pm
Heck no! If I could just stick to my list for my three children it would be so much easier! I think I am finished buying for my daughter, who is 2 1/2 years old. She is so easy to buy for which is a bad thing! I still have some thing to get for my 2 boys and the rest of my family.

I also have a few things still to get for Chester Cheetah.

I hope to be done with all of it by the end of next week.
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post #5 of 30
12/12/10 at 3:25am
I'm not quite finished, but know what I still need to get and where, so I figure one more hour of shopping in the next week and a half.
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post #6 of 30
12/12/10 at 3:31am
My mom, grandma and I did our annual Christmas shopping yesterday. In 5 hours my grandma finished while my mom and I are almost finished.

Hey, I got the kids taken care of, it's the adults that I have trouble with.
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post #7 of 30
12/12/10 at 4:37am
I'm not finished yet. I still need to shop for my boy friend, Jack as well as my best friend if she decides she wants to exchange gifts this year. I also need to make the wreathes I'm giving to Jack's mom, aunt, and grandmother for Christmas (already bought the stuff, but I need to put it together). Other than that, I'm pretty much finished aside from homemade candies/treats I plan to make for the rest of my family and getting some stocking stuffers.
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post #8 of 30
12/12/10 at 4:40am
Just got two or three more things to get and need some wrapping paper and tags, really looking forward to all that wrapping. I need to get all out what I've bought really and check who's got what.x
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post #9 of 30
12/12/10 at 5:58am
The only thing I've finished (and shipped) was a secret santa present. I haven't even started the rest of my shopping. DH and I have agreed to limit ourselves to 1 present each to each other, and we've made an agreement with some friends to not exchange gifts this year. Since our families no longer exchange gifts (we have too many family members anyway), we only have a few gifts to buy.

I'm not worried (yet).
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post #10 of 30
12/12/10 at 6:44am
No... I will be done by next weekend though. Still have a few things I need to pick up for Dana.
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post #11 of 30
12/12/10 at 8:13am
I have 3 things left I need to get which ill be getting on I've wrapped everything else up so far
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post #12 of 30
12/12/10 at 9:05am
Nope I'm finished shopping for the hubby and BIL, and got a couple shirts for my friend I workout with.

We still have to buy for FIL (looking at VHF handheld radios for when he's out on the boat), MIL, and my parents and brother (announcing last minute they want to exchange this year. )
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post #13 of 30
12/12/10 at 9:30am
I finished the other day and then I found out that my two step nieces might not be able to come up because their mother doesn't want to obey the court order and my poor brother inlaw is fixing to deploy to afghanastan and wants to see his kids before he goes, but I am praying that I get to and I have everyone's presents except for a magnet for my aunt and her daughter and granddaughter who are also cat lovers.
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post #14 of 30
12/12/10 at 9:47am
Yes I have finished because I don't buy for many. I just have to wrap a few things and that's it.

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post #15 of 30
12/12/10 at 11:01am
Nope, haven't even started yet.
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post #16 of 30
12/12/10 at 11:11am
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Originally Posted by kara_leigh View Post
Nope, haven't even started yet.
I feel a little better now.

DH always waits until the last minute. Of course, he only has me to buy for, and I do the buying for everybody else.

And wait...I picked out my gift from DH and bought it. So I guess he doesn't have to shop at all this year.
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post #17 of 30
12/12/10 at 2:34pm
I haven't started yet. I have about 12 presents to buy. I will start on Thursday after I've been paid
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post #18 of 30
12/12/10 at 3:14pm
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Originally Posted by LaRussa View Post
Yes I have finished because I don't buy for many. I just have to wrap a few things and that's it.
Same here!!! Besides, hate the traffic at this time of the year. It seems everybody is out having fun. The weather is cooler (I live in the tropics), more overseas relatives come to visit, and people feel like spending more money.
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post #19 of 30
12/12/10 at 3:20pm
Almost only a few things left, and of course stocking stuffers. I will be so happy when I am done.
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post #20 of 30
12/12/10 at 5:59pm
I got all my Secret Santa shopping done. Other than that, I haven't even started. I am thinking about what I want to get, though.
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post #21 of 30
12/12/10 at 7:29pm
To be finished, one must start....
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post #22 of 30
12/12/10 at 7:44pm
I am almost done!
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post #23 of 30
12/13/10 at 5:21am
I finished about 3 months ago And their all wrapped in tissue and in their bags
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post #24 of 30
12/13/10 at 5:51am
I'm finished, I've got presents for my entire family which consists of 2 aunts and uncles, five cousins, my married cousin's two kids, and three grandparents. That's who I'll be spending Christmas with.I can't wait, it's just so nice to spend Christmas with a big family like that, and I haven't spent Christmas with them in 10 years.
I still have to buy things for myself, because I'll be spending christmas in a colder climate.
I have boots, but they are soo thin, I hope my coat is warm enough too. I will probably have to buy a different pair of boots when I get there, since they don't really sell a lot of heavy winter clothing in Atlanta.
And, I've been looking for sweaters to buy but I'm so dang picky with my clothes that it takes forever to shop, and I have so little time!
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post #25 of 30
12/13/10 at 6:46am
Thought I'd finish today, but it seems a lot of people have had the same idea as me. I've bought a fancy cookie tin for my in-laws and want to fill it with nuts and dried fruits as well as chocolate. The little store that sells the fruits and nuts was so packed this afternoon I couldn't get in the door!
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post #26 of 30
12/13/10 at 12:03pm
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Originally Posted by kara_leigh View Post
Nope, haven't even started yet.
Same here. I'll be doing mine a couple of days before Christmas. All I buy are gift cards anyway. I figure it's easier to let someone go buy something they want. That, and I have no Christmas spirit at all.
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post #27 of 30
12/14/10 at 4:45am
I only purchase for 2 people for Christmas. We got M and K guitars since they both wanted to learn how to play. I made other family members beanies so we didnt feel like jerks going to Christmas without anything. Now that Bf is on a no overtime rule we have enough to cover bills and gas and thats it. Bfs present to me was participating in SS and my present to him was letting him get a new tool box for work.
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post #28 of 30
12/14/10 at 5:12am
Not yet, giveaways are not enough and I have no time to go shopping, cheap items can be bought on a far far away location! And the crowd, it's exhausting! Holiday is coming next week, what should I do?!
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post #29 of 30
12/14/10 at 5:35am
I am for the cats . They got a nice cat tree (early present).

I only have a few things to buy for the kids...three video games. Its funny how the older they get the more expensive the "toys" are. At least my son doesn't care for the name brand stuff like Hollister and such. Comic book hoodies and t-shirts is what he likes.

I hope they won't be dissapointed by the volume of presents...they are not getting many but each one is kind of pricey.
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post #30 of 30
12/14/10 at 5:49am
We are finished.

We were at a local restaurant yesterday after my Dad's memorial service and my niece and I saw a cement lion cub....kind of like the offspring of the Penn State lion. He really does look like a baby PS lion. Well, DH has been wanting a cement mountain lion like the Penn State lion mascot, but I've not been able to find a really nice one. We saw the cub, I bought it, and we got it out to her car....it was put in her car b/c I was with DH and didn't want him to know. I hope DH will be tickled with it.

And that's my last present. No more!

But now? We have to wrap everything!
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