Tis the Season
by GinafishWow! I know it’s been a long time since I’ve blogged, so I decided to set a timer on my computer and it will alert me once a week that it is time to blog. Hopefully, that will get the inspiration rolling again.
The Christmas season is upon us and I’m having a hard time feeling the spirit. I tried watching some movies last weekend, Elf, White Christmas, It’s a Wonderful Life and another Christmas movie. It didn’t work.
I think it’s easier when you are a kid. No one is hyping up Santa Claus to the adults after all. Most of the presents I receive won’t be of the surprise variety. In fact, I picked out my new digital camera myself, only to have my hubby whisk it away to wrap it until Christmas day. What’s the fun and surprise in that?!
I still have to shop for my parents, who are the toughest of all my shopping. Someone suggested I get them gift cards. Hello?!? “Here Mom, here’s a gift card because I hate to admit, but I just don’t know you that well.”
Wouldn’t go over to well, would it?
My dad isn’t too difficult because he isn’t overly sentimental. If I buy him a bird feeder, to go with the 30 he already has, that’s okay with him. But it’s really more of a gift for the birds, along with the continual expense of supplying bird feed.
I could buy him a turtleneck, but after he unwraps it, it’s not like he’s going to joyfully remember that his eldest daughter bought it for him every time he wears it.
Okay, maybe my dad is just as impossible to shop for as my mom.
Tis the season for shopping headaches. At least when it’s birthday gifts, you are only struggling with one person at a time! Ay yi yi!!
I think I asked last year, but who do you find it impossible to shop for?
Sad to say…I have a hard time buying for everyone! I am an odd present buyer. I want to find the perfect gift that represents that person and me all at once. I want each gift to be personal and meaningful. It bugs me A LOT when gifts are all about how much they cost verses if that person even wants it.
My kids are at odd ages right now. Kylie is not quite a teen but not at all a child and they boys are right between preschool and big kid things.
Gift cards are a double edged sword for me! I’m not a fan of giving a gift to someone just to give one and have it sit in a cabinet collecting dust so a gift card is appealing in that they can get something they really want and will use. But, the downside is that gift cards are not personal or meaningful. Ugh!
By the way…you remember me all too well–good call on the Teacher’s Pet