Are you kidding? Rocks that burn? I'll be the most popular dad on the street.

If you say so...

37 days to go!

My MIL rang yesterday and she's going to come for lunch on Christmas day. She's bringing her carer which is a shame. He gives me the creeps. I think he's an arsehole. He's sitting at the other end of the table.

Who do you have to see at Christmas time that you'd rather not see?

relatives, Christmas decorations, piles of disposable gifts, me sober

Oh yeah...I was the driver last year so I was sober...and now this year I'm preggers, so I'll be sober again! That really sux.

I can't imagine why you wouldn't like the decorations though. I love them. :) They're all so pretty and sparkly warkly.

You're right about the disposable gifts though. It shits me when people can't think of something to buy, so they just get you soap and moisturizers and that sort of thing. Do I fucking stink???? What is WRONG with you people. lol

36 days to go!

So, who hasn't got their SS gift ready to send yet?

Anyone?

Oh you're the one huh?!?

Get thee to the shops today!!!

I am the ONE! Haven't even shopped yet. I normally start with a good idea of what I want before I go out. This recipient leaves me so many options that I haven't decided which to get yet. It'll happen this weekend.

LOL...I like your little blue tagline.

I hate you for starting this thread! Except every time I see this, it reminds me that I haven't done SQUAT yet for x-mas. :3eye:

Well, I did start it as a reminder thread, not just to annoy people. lol (although of course that's always a side benefit)

I haven't started shopping yet. Need to have a paycheck or two under my belt so I have MONEY to go shopping!

35 days to go!

You know what that means right?

Only 5 weeks till the big day. :D

Ok. Now you're making me anxious. Mrs. Dar is not one for a lot of "stuff". So shopping for her is a skull-scratcher.

For those of you who had small children before internet shopping really took off, I would just like to ask: How the fuck did you get Christmas shopping done? It's hard enough just to browse, click, enter my credit card information, answer the door for the UPS guy, and get everything wrapped with the carpet monkeys clawing at me all the time. If I had to go to physical stores during business hours, without even knowing for sure if that store carried the item I was looking for, assuming I even had a good idea of what it was in the first place... well, everyone would be getting their presents from the same damn store, for starters. My family would be so thrilled with their Wal-Mart gift certificates, let me tell you.

I used to put the kids in the trolley with a few toys and they'd sit and play and 'have a ride around the shops'. I'd go to a big shopping centre with various shops to choose from and I'd have an idea of what I wanted to get for people on my list before I left the house. If a shop offered gift wrapping, I'd have that to save me having to do it at home and I"d just have a packet of gift tags in my handbags to put on the gift in the store.

It actually wasn't a big deal for me.

I have been accused of being a bit OC about being organized though...so maybe that's it.