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Christmas Shopping

One in 20 people considers Christmas shopping more stressful than divorce or burglary. How sad is that!

I’ll admit I mostly hate shopping. I’m one of those rare women who doesn’t want to browse. If I need something I go get it. My husband calls me a destination shopper. That means I know what I want, I go to the store, I walk in and go directly to what I am looking for, I pick it up, I take it to the cashier, I pay for it and go back to my car for the drive home. Done.

I might hate Christmas shopping but I am not afraid of it! I don’t get sweaty thinking about having to do it. I have no fear. I just tackle the task and get it done. I treat it a little differently than shopping the rest of the year. I try to make it a little more fun but I am still task-focused.

What I thought I’d do today is layout how I organize myself to keep my shopping stress down at the holidays. Maybe some of what I do will help you too. Or feel free to start a conversation about how you keep YOUR shopping stress down. We could all use the ideas!

I’m starting some of these things already, so I guess one of the things I do is I start early. I give myself time to find the things I am going to buy so I’m not just buying any old thing to shove in a box.

 

Other ideas for stress-less shopping.

1. First thing I do is get out a file folder. I mark it “gifts” and I keep all of my ideas and notes in there.

2. I keep two lists. One is gifts that are for family. The other list is business gifts.

3. I peruse catalogs looking for ideas. I do this while I watch the evening news so I am getting two things done at once. (As soon as you order something from a catalog you’ll never be at a loss for catalogs to show up in your mailbox. Many of those catalog companies own more than one kind of catalog so you’ll get an assortment).

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