After a weekend spent braving Target and the mall 4 days before Christmas, I find myself asking why oh why do I do this every darn year? Each and every year I tell myself I won't wait so long the next year. I'll be organized and prepared and have everything done before December hits. Then Thanksgiving rolls around, and it's all down hill from there. I was honestly feeling really good before Thanksgiving this year. I had ordered a few gifts. I had crafting ideas ready to go. I even had my cards made and ready to go the first week of December.
Then, I'm not sure what happened. But all of a sudden it was last week, and I had no ideas for anyone and I hadn't even thought about wrapping what little I did have. Every year I tell you. Every year this happens. And every year, I find myself worrying and wracking my brain to assure everyone has everything they deserve. I LOVE Christmas. I really do. And most of all I love getting someone something I know they'll love. That's what stresses me out, I think. Instead of doing what some people do - just buy something; anything to give them - I go out of my way to get something I know people will love. But sometimes people are hard to buy for and that's when the stress comes.
All that being said, and even though I have a mountain of gifts currently covering my living room floor that still need to be wrapped, and 3 different appetizers for a party that need to be made and another batch of the perfect Christmas Pecans waiting to be baked, I'm actually pretty happy with my progress this weekend. Check back tomorrow and I may be curled up on the floor in the fetal position cursing Santa and his elves, but for now I'm going to sleep happy and ready for the fun.
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