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sweetpumkinpye

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This year is going by so fast, Christmas will be here before we know it!

DD and I were on the phone today planning what days over Christmas she will book off from work.

Since I had all of Christmas off last year, I can't do it this year. It looks like I will only get 4 days off - I can live with that!
 

sweetpumkinpye

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165 days until Christmas!
 

sweetpumkinpye

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153 until Christmas day! Closer and closer.
 

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When we get down to under 150 days left I feel excited. When we get down to under 100 days I always feel excited/slightly panicked. LOL Do I have enough done??? :D
 
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We start the year full of good intentions and lessons learned......I will do better this year. Then suddenly we are at 150 days and I am like WHAT!!!
 

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We start the year full of good intentions and lessons learned......I will do better this year. Then suddenly we are at 150 days and I am like WHAT!!!
YUP .. we keep telling ourselves we have time, I will get this, that and the other done and then all of sudden we are like deer in headlights wondering how and where the time went LOL
 
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I was talking to my daughter yesterday and she was kinda worried she didn't have ONE Christmas gift purchased. I'm thankful she's learned to plan ahead, but she worries to much sometimes as well. I told her, it's all GOOD...just start now and you'll be good. I mean some don't start shopping until the 2nd week of December. ;)
 

sweetpumkinpye

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I mean some don't start shopping until the 2nd week of December. ;)
Can you imagine? My life would be chaos and my anxiety would be through the roof.
 

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I would be a basket case if I waited until December to shop. Not to mention my bank account would not be happy either. Then have to wrap on top of all that, yikes!
 

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My sister in law does her shopping on Christmas Eve . She enjoys going out for some reason the last day she said she get some good deals. She puts everything’s in bags and she doesn’t wrap so that helps I guess . I couldn’t do it .
 
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sweetpumkinpye

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My sister in law does her shopping on Christmas Eve . She enjoys going out for some reason the last day she said she get some good deals. She puts everything’s in bags and she doesn’t wrap so that helps I guess . I couldn’t do it .
It is really not for me. I love the activity around Christmas but would find the last minute thing way too stressful.
 

sweetpumkinpye

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112 days!!