It’s Beginning

If I counted right
& I’m pretty sure I did
Christmas is 35 days from today.

Hmmmm.
That’s plenty of time left to procrastinate
& I will.
Believe me, I will.
If there is a way to prolong the inevitable shopping that comes with the merriest of holidays, I will find it.
I will soooo find it.

Dad is usually the guy that puts Christmas-ing in motion for me.
He ever so gently reminds, things need to be bought, packages must be sent and that he’s kinda sorta thinking about heading to the local stores soon.
The thought of shopping thrills my father just as much as it thrills me
so we start out S L O W L Y
In little, bitty bits and pieces.
A morning of shopping here, an hour or so there.

ahhhh
I can do this.

Eventually though, holiday things need to get done
& after awhile, Dad’s patience with me will expire.
He will grab his list, ask me if waiting yet another day is my final answer and he will leave me to fend for myself.
He will then happily shop like a man possessed.
Dad is a ‘let’s get it done already !!’ kind of of guy.
I’m more of  ‘the stores will still be there tomorrow’ kind of gal.

Online shopping is more my cup of tea…. and if I liked tea, I’d have a cup.
No driving.
No lines.
No people.
YaY !
It’s wonderful.

Black Friday ?
Nope.
I won’t  be there.
Black Friday shoppers and I live on totally different universes.
Never in a million, zillion years would I get up at the crack of dawn to shop alongside hundreds of others.
Nothing personal, bargain hunters but  …
I wholeheartedly applaud you though !
You are a more patient human being than I will ever, EVER be.

Dad and I may grumble and stall, but we will get every single Christmas-y thing done.
We always have.
We always will
Right on schedule too, I might add.
Uh huh

& we will get into our full blown Christmas shopping spirit.
We will.
It will suddenly sneak up on us like it does every year
& as the holidays get closer the jollier we will become.
It just takes us a little longer to get the darn thing revvvvvvd up.

revvvvvvvvv it up now ….
c’mon ….
revvvvvvvvv. it. up ….

urgh.

🙂