NeepNeep Posted September 27, 2006 Posted September 27, 2006 I'm usually done by the first, second week of December. My SO, on the other hand, is usually out Xmas eve picking up some stuff. He says he likes those last minute markdowns.
holly2hottie Posted September 29, 2006 Posted September 29, 2006 I always try to be done on Black Friday but every year after that I always find more stuff to buy.
elena_398 Posted September 30, 2006 Posted September 30, 2006 Even though I say Im done a couple of week before christmas, I also impulse buy. lol
JazzMama Posted October 2, 2006 Posted October 2, 2006 I try to be about 90% done on Black Friday and finish around the 15 of December. We start having family get togethers around that time.
ms_mckenna Posted October 2, 2006 Posted October 2, 2006 Most of the stuff we buy is a BF thing so I will be pretty much done that day. Course I always find way more and end up buying right up until Christmas eve. I really wish I had some kind of restraint lol.
Novac Posted October 2, 2006 Posted October 2, 2006 BF is the big day, of course. Then we fill in any gaps shortly afterwards.
cactusmom Posted October 3, 2006 Posted October 3, 2006 I always try to finish up the weekend of BF but I am a shopaholic and always tend to see things that I 'need' for gifts...lol
love2beurwifey Posted October 3, 2006 Posted October 3, 2006 It does not seem like I am never done I try to get most of my stuff on BF but whatever is left over usually goes up until Christmas Eve but not this year I will have to be finished on BF weekend because the baby is due Christmas Day and I am sure I won't be feeling up to shopping in December
jennypoo3016 Posted October 9, 2006 Posted October 9, 2006 I try to get most of it done black friday but try to be all done by early December....
sns128 Posted October 9, 2006 Posted October 9, 2006 I try to be done by the middle of December but it never fails, every year I have to go out on Christmas Eve to pick up that one item I forgot on my lists.
sevirj Posted October 9, 2006 Posted October 9, 2006 Nowadays, the wife & I always try to be done shopping by Dec 15th, but when I was working @ Wal-mart my (then) girlfriend would always call me about an hour or so before I was scheduled to leave on Christmas Eve to pick up some last minute item for Uncle what's his name, or some other relative that showed up unexpectedly.
copados1993 Posted October 10, 2006 Posted October 10, 2006 I like to be done by mid Dec if at all possible. I find that I still pick up last minute stocking stuffers, but that is about all.
momof5plus1hubby Posted October 10, 2006 Posted October 10, 2006 Christmas Eve I go out to get all my odds and ends I need. Plus I have a list of all the batteries I need, so I get them then also.
guilliam Posted October 15, 2006 Posted October 15, 2006 i try to be done with MY shopping by the 1st week in December. The problem is, my dad always hits me up to do HIS shopping for my mom's gifts!!! So I'm not usually done with it til A week before xmas! But I do love to shop!! And spending someone else's money is a plus!!
laffnatu Posted October 15, 2006 Posted October 15, 2006 I am usually picking up stuff the week of Christmas. It seems like I am always forgetting so and so. I'm shooting for the first week of December this year.
Trish1298 Posted October 15, 2006 Posted October 15, 2006 I like to be done by the 15th, but I'm usually picking things up a day or so before xmas.
elena_398 Posted November 19, 2006 Posted November 19, 2006 Im pretty much done now (or I should be), but Im still heading out on BF to get a few more items for my kids. Over doing it again. lol
bellastarr Posted November 20, 2006 Posted November 20, 2006 I have most of my shopping done by Nov. 1, then I just buy the extras things I find from then untill Christmas. Everything is all wrapped up waiting for the tree on Thankgiving night!
alimfp Posted November 20, 2006 Posted November 20, 2006 By about ten days before Christmas, hopefully.
momof5plus1hubby Posted November 20, 2006 Posted November 20, 2006 Well I always try to be done Christmas Eve, but I always seem to go out that day:rolleyes:
KaS Posted November 21, 2006 Posted November 21, 2006 I try to finish early but I always end up getting a few odds and ends up till Christmas Eve.
ajburlingame Posted November 21, 2006 Posted November 21, 2006 I insist upon being done at least a week before Christmas so that I have time to do wrapping and other last minute preperations (but I would be a lier if I said that I have always accomplished this).
jeanne0006 Posted November 22, 2006 Posted November 22, 2006 I have a list I keep most of the year, writing down things I notice someone needs or wants. Early Nov., I start looking for sales and checking things off the list. I am done about the first week in Dec., then I just enjoy going out to the stores, taking in the holidays, picking up odds and ends. I'm the type who would make myself crazy otherwise.
Serling126 Posted November 23, 2006 Posted November 23, 2006 Last year I tried to get it all done on BF, but all through December I kept remembering somebody else I had to buy for! This year I'm trying to be better organized- I've been writing down everybody I have to get a gift for as I think of them. So i'm crossing my fingers that I'll remember them all on BF!!
dyjama Posted November 23, 2006 Posted November 23, 2006 I am completely done by 10pm on BF.:) But having them all wrapped---Christmas Eve!! --Kim
christib327 Posted November 23, 2006 Posted November 23, 2006 I'm one of the people who shop all year round. I also keep a list of everyone I buy for and what my ideas for them are. I've usually got way more than enough gifts for everyone by the end of July, but I have absolutely NO self control and will continue to shop all of the sales. When I drag up everything to wrap it, it looks like my house exploded. It's amazing how when it's written down on paper it doesn't really seem all that out of control, but when it's sitting in front of you....uh oh!! lol:cheesy:
his_kid Posted November 23, 2006 Posted November 23, 2006 I'm almost completely done now (my husband does have one tech gift to buy for my il's that I can't pick out) including stocking stuffers AND 12 days of christmas gifts. The kicker is that they are also about 80% wrapped. I have a few things still to wrap, 1 thing still in the mail, and the non-giftbag presents will need bows. Other than that, I am DONE! This must be some kind of sickness, lol. Now, I will still do a little BF shopping, because both dh and dd have birthdays within the 6 weeks after Christmas, so I have now moved on to birthday shopping (I already have some stuff for ds' bday in May, too.
Missye Posted November 25, 2006 Posted November 25, 2006 I like to get the majority of my shopping done on BF and then I pick up a few things here and there until the 24th. I like to enjoy my holiday and not worry about shopping 24/7
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