|
|
Post by papercrafteradvocate on Nov 23, 2016 15:33:16 GMT
👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻Lauren's post on the Amazon thread had me looking, and I bought 4 gifts last night, I saved a ton!
I bought the prismacolor 150 colored pencil set for $87 (our local art store had it for $160)
I also bought an extra instantpot pot and lid for $29
And the 96 PC. Tombow Dual Brush marker set for $135 (I was going to buy them wholesale on my next big order but the wholesale price for that same set was $140!!)
|
|
scrappinspidey2
Pearl Clutcher
Posts: 2,511
Location: In the Parlor with the Fly
Mar 18, 2015 19:19:37 GMT
|
Post by scrappinspidey2 on Nov 23, 2016 15:49:47 GMT
I only have my daughter and niece left  |
|
|
|
Post by gmcwife1 on Nov 23, 2016 16:46:39 GMT
Dh has been shopping since June/July and has filled his gift closet. And yes, his are also already wrapped  I bought coloring books for my niece a few months ago and the Kohl's throws for a few people this week. I also bought a pair of oversized coffee cups for my parents. Other than that I'm way behind as usual. But I usually just tell dh what I think we should buy and he loves to shop online so he gets it. |
|
sharlag
Drama Llama
I like my artsy with a little bit of fartsy.
Posts: 6,574
Location: Kansas
Jun 26, 2014 12:57:48 GMT
|
Post by sharlag on Nov 23, 2016 16:49:01 GMT
Yes, Kohl's throws, jewelry at a craft fair in October, beanies with built-in headlamps from an ad that popped up on Facebook Monday....
|
|
|
|
Post by scrapmaven on Nov 23, 2016 16:52:22 GMT
I'm just about done. There wasn't much to do this year. I'll order and send gifts to sil and that's it. Also, I do dh's gifts online. W/online shopping the holidays are easy.
|
|
|
|
Post by giatocj on Nov 23, 2016 17:46:53 GMT
I only have the dog walker and my grandson's dad left to buy for. It's hard to believe that I am this far ahead of the game...it's definitely a first for me.
|
|
|
|
Post by papersilly on Nov 23, 2016 17:59:28 GMT
not me. first we decorate inside and out and then we shop. my Black Friday pushing and shoving bargain price days are over. now I will just shop at leisure at regular sales or regular price until I get the job gets done.
|
|
|
|
Post by Anne-Marie on Nov 23, 2016 18:10:53 GMT
I may be almost done shopping for DDs (11 and 14), other than stocking stuffers. But I don't even know where to start for everyone else.
|
|
|
|
Post by kat on Nov 23, 2016 18:18:53 GMT
I have to get a bottle of wine over the weekend and a Christmas coffee cup from Starbucks which I will pick up tomorrow morning. This is the first time I am done before Christmas Eve and without going from store to store at 4am and then going to work on Black Friday.
|
|
|
|
Post by crazy4scraps on Nov 23, 2016 18:27:44 GMT
I just bought 27 yards of flannel at Joann's for 70% off. Now at have some serious sewing to do!  I also bought DD Just Dance 2017 for $19.99 on Amazon this morning on impulse. I'd been looking at it in the store and it was always $40 so I'm glad I waited. She also wants Skylanders Imaginators so if I see that at a good price I'll bite. ETA: Snagged the Skylanders starter set for $39.99 with Prime tonight. Only a buck fifty more than fighting the crowds at Toys 'R' Us tomorrow, and I didn't have to leave my house. Can't beat that! |
|
|
|
Post by jcmom04 on Nov 23, 2016 21:07:26 GMT
I am now done. My DS turns 13 right after Christmas (which we all dislike) and I have all but 2 of those gifts (one has to wait for an actual before sale or a Cyber Monday sale and the other I've decided will just have to be in person- which I dread). I even ordered the big gifts for my DH and myself today. He will still get 2-3 for me that are surprises and the kids like to spend their own money and wrap their own gifts for us and themselves but all the main gifts are done!
|
|
imsirius
Prolific Pea
Call it as I see it.
Posts: 7,661
Location: Floating in the black veil.
Jul 12, 2014 19:59:28 GMT
|
Post by imsirius on Nov 23, 2016 21:30:57 GMT
Other than stockings, I'm done. Finished everything this past Monday. I have a few packages still needing to be shipped but I'm fine with that.
DH will get his dad's gift and we are giving my mom $$.
I had a goal to finish before I went in for surgery and I did it!
|
|
|
|
Post by vspindler on Nov 23, 2016 22:35:11 GMT
Started? I am as close to being done as I can be until we draw names this weekend.
|
|
|
|
Post by melanell on Nov 23, 2016 22:50:11 GMT
My goal is to have everyone outside of my home done before December starts. I think I am very close to that goal. I have a shopping trip planned for the weekend that I think will finish me up.
Then in December I can just buy things I spot that I think my own household members will like. (I do already have gifts for all of them, but I need stocking stuffers.)
|
|
|
|
Post by originalvanillabean on Nov 23, 2016 23:00:18 GMT
I'm pretty close. Although today I ordered fleece jackets for my dad for the second time (they were 50% off today, only 40% off yesterday).
I have 4 nieces/nephews to get for, but I'll knock that out at Carter as they are all getting clothes.
Stocking stuffers and it's a wrap!
|
|
finaledition
Pearl Clutcher
Posts: 4,896 
|
Post by finaledition on Nov 23, 2016 23:09:16 GMT
Yes, I've started as well. But it's one for me and one for someone on my list. Oops :-p
|
|
Deleted
Posts: 0
May 10, 2024 17:40:30 GMT
|
Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2016 23:39:40 GMT
I started today. Bought dh's gift to me since Kate Spade was having a great sale.  I also bought some of the Big One throws the other day. This is the earliest I've ever started shopping! |
|
|
|
Post by epeanymous on Nov 23, 2016 23:41:55 GMT
We do Hanukkah and I have six kids, so gift buying (even though we do a lot of group gifts and many of the gifts are very small) is still something that requires a spreadsheet and a game plan. I'm actually finished shopping for about 1/3 of what I am getting for the kids already (one kid is completely finished).
|
|
|
|
Post by Delta Dawn on Nov 23, 2016 23:42:40 GMT
My dad is done. My son is being uncooperative or he is stressed and i can't figure out what to get him. If he doesn't tell me anything he is getting money. I really wanted to be finished in November.
|
|
IAmUnoriginal
Pearl Clutcher
Posts: 2,894
Jun 25, 2014 23:27:45 GMT
|
Post by IAmUnoriginal on Nov 23, 2016 23:52:33 GMT
We get hit with both Christmas and birthdays this time year. The first birthday is tomorrow and I bring up the end of the seven birthdays on 12/31. I start shopping early almost every year to make it not such a sudden hit on the wallet. I have three gifts and stocking stuffers left to complete. I have a few shark/mermaid tails left to sew. Otherwise, I believe I'm done.
|
|
lindas
Pearl Clutcher
Posts: 4,155
|
Post by lindas on Nov 24, 2016 1:17:18 GMT
Haven't started but I have DH's list, hope to get a better handle on what DS and future DIL would like tomorrow and then it's just my dad and a few odds and ends to pickup. Thanks papercrafteradvocate for the info about the prismacolor pencils, I treated myself to a set. |
|
Nanner
Drama Llama
Posts: 5,963
|
Post by Nanner on Nov 24, 2016 2:28:58 GMT
I have a couple of stocking stuffers to get, then I'm done. I still have to wrap, but plan to have that finished by the end of this month.
DD's birthday is a week before Christmas, and I have her gifts for that as well. I'm feeling very relaxed about Christmas this year.
|
|
|
|
Post by papercrafteradvocate on Nov 24, 2016 2:33:35 GMT
Haven't started but I have DH's list, hope to get a better handle on what DS and future DIL would like tomorrow and then it's just my dad and a few odds and ends to pickup. Thanks papercrafteradvocate for the info about the prismacolor pencils, I treated myself to a set. I have to give that credit to ~Lauren~. I would not have known if it weren't for her mentioning it! |
|
|
|
Post by Merge on Nov 24, 2016 2:34:59 GMT
Oh heck, I'm almost done with DDs. I need to pick up a few little things for DH (our big present to each other was the family room remodel). The big stuff is taken care of.
|
|
|
|
Post by padresfan619 on Nov 24, 2016 2:44:41 GMT
I haven't bought a damn thing for Christmas yet.
|
|
jayfab
Drama Llama
procastinating
Posts: 5,521
|
Post by jayfab on Nov 24, 2016 3:13:21 GMT
I've shopped tons for ME!  But haven't started Christmas shopping yet.  |
|
|
|
Post by Eddie-n-Harley on Nov 24, 2016 3:13:32 GMT
I started late this year-- June, I think.  (I usually manage to find something after Christmas but didn't really find anything this year.) I have things mostly finished, but my dad was going to call with another book or two he wanted. I've got stuff for my sister that I think she'll like but we haven't actually traded lists yet. I think I have everything for SO, although maybe I will grab a few more lotto tickets for St Nick. I don't know if we're doing gifts with my mother's side of the family for Christmas Eve yet. I might grab some small trinkety things once I know who's going to be at my aunt's house for Christmas Day (Cost Plus has mini bottles of Jack Daniels which I know the guys will like...). And I always like to grab a tag or two from the giving tree, but it doesn't go up until Black Friday, so I probably won't hit that up until a weeknight next week to even see what I might buy. |
|
|
|
Post by wahinelei on Nov 24, 2016 3:22:03 GMT
I started but nowhere near finished. Hoping to get a lot of them checked off the list with Black Friday and Cyber Monday shopping.
|
|
But haven't started Christmas shopping yet. 
(I usually manage to find something after Christmas but didn't really find anything this year.)