Holiday Gift Ideas

I dont have a big family so that makes it a lot easier.

I ask early on (like now) what do they want. Usually, i get zero help there but i figure if there is something someone really wants, they will pipe up then.

Then i start hunting around November. Im really particular about gifts so i rarely find something that i buy right away. I usually have a few ideas and then decide on the best one with little time to spare.

Im the kind of person who could never buy a gift in July..i have to be shopping up until the last minute b/c i always feel that there might be something perfect out there.

Speaking of the holidays, can you believe there are 66 days left till Christmas

NO! I cannot believe that's all that is left until Christmas! I am just happy that I am almost finished buying my gifts for my in-laws, and then I need to start my family and then my hubby and son! I don't know why, I just feel I have to get this DONE early this year - I want to enjoy the season with Paul and decorate our house, and show him all these things that he was too little for last year.

I start shopping early and this year with the baby coming I started a lot earlier than usual. I try to remember what people have mentioned throughout the year. For instance at a holiday dinner months ago my SIL said to me 'You have such pretty serving spoons. I just have these plastic things' so a few months later when I was browsing in the outlets I got her a silver serving set.

But sometimes I just have to try to find something since people like my dad have what they want/need and if they don't, often they just go out and buy it for themselves.

Of course, I do keep the gifts within certain budgets too. And with the baby coming this year, my budget is even more important.