Has anyone started Christmas shopping yet?

[Pam]

I have gotten a few things. I have learned from past years to get it when I see it rather than wait. It may not be there when you go back! Soooo, with a nip in the air that tells us that Christmas is around the corner, how about you?

[pomtzu]

I'm the same as you, Pam. I have a few things and only because I found a good sale price on something I was going to get anyway, and one item that I had to custom order. I really don't know what to get anyone again this year, but that's about par for the course.

[Karen]

I haven't even started Christmas shopping thinking yet!

[Pinot's Mom]

Christmas shopping is rather minimal in our house. We came to an agreement many years ago in our families that we all DON'T NEED ANYTHING! So, we do little gift baskets with consumables that will be used, and call it a day. We're all very blessed and fortunate and would rather put resources where they're needed elsewhere.

[Cataholic]

Christmas shopping is rather minimal in our house. We came to an agreement many years ago in our families that we all DON'T NEED ANYTHING! So, we do little gift baskets with consumables that will be used, and call it a day. We're all very blessed and fortunate and would rather put resources where they're needed elsewhere.

I so love this idea, and wish I could totally implement it everywhere! I like the idea of sponsoring those less fortunate- be they furry, skinned, known or otherwise.

[Grace]

Our list is short, but I do start in January. If I see something, I buy it then. Spreading the buying over the year makes it feel like you spend less.

We don't give to each other. Instead we give to a couple of charitable organizations dealing with animals and birds.

[Catty1]

[cassiesmom]

Christmas shopping is rather minimal in our house. We came to an agreement many years ago in our families that we all DON'T NEED ANYTHING! So, we do little gift baskets with consumables that will be used, and call it a day. We're all very blessed and fortunate and would rather put resources where they're needed elsewhere.

I wish my family would do this. I haven't started Christmas anything yet. We will probably start rehearsing Advent music at church in the next couple of weeks.

[Nomilynn]

I voted yes, as I've done my budget.. haven't actually bought something yet.

[Daisy and Delilah]

For the last several years, we give each other maybe one gift, if that. All of us pick a family that needs help and we all pitch in for a local no kill shelter that needs help desperately.

So far, every year, we have contributed to the same family. It's a single Mom with a young boy with cancer and another son. Last year we bought them food for the holiday and tickets to Sea World. They had a blast and made us a little photo album of the trip.

We usually buy all kinds of pet food and supplies for the shelter but they need cash this year. That's what we'll do. Not as much as in the past but as much as we can spare.

My gifts this year will be quilted items I've either already made or will make.

[Taz_Zoee]

I voted Bah Humbug. Only because I do not have money to shop now. Hopefully I will by Thanksgiving. I'm actually going to do the Black Friday thing with my mom, SIL and nieces. I'm scared!! I hate shopping! LOL

[prechrswife]

I didn't vote because it isn't too early, but I haven't bought anything yet. I am going to get some books for the kids at the preschool book fair in the morning, and a couple of them are already set aside for me, but I don't think I can count it as a purchase just yet.

[DJFyrewolf36]

I'm making gifts for people this year and Ive started getting the materials...does that count?

[Pembroke_Corgi]

We really only buy presents for the kids in the family, so we haven't started yet. Instead of buying for adults, we starting doing a gift exchange.

Last year my mom and grandma came for Christmas so we had us, them, and my brother and SIL put our names in a hat. We picked one person (we kept it secret till after we exchanged gifts) and spent $20. It was fun! I got some cashmere socks and a gingerbread house (my brother got my name, but he cheated because my husband helped him pick the stuff out! I liked it anyway. ).

[Edwina's Secretary]

I do it all year round. When I see something clever or interesting or at an exceptional price or from someplace I've traveled...I get it and put it in a dresser I have just for that.

I may not buy it for anyone in particular. Then I decide. Somethings stay in the drawer for a while until the right occasion/person.