36 sleeps until what?

You don’t know?

Really?

I bet you do…

Is your list made yet?

Mine is.

But I can’t show you this year’s list…

Some of you might be on it.

I am a bit compulsive obsessive organized with my Christmas shopping list.

I want to make sure that I don’t leave anyone out.

And I have been known to buy gifts for people that have already been “taken care of” (in the gift-buying sense, not the Mafia sense).

So, a few years ago, I devised a plan.

Take a peek:

First, I put everyone’s name down that we need to buy for.

I know that we don’t need to buy for anyone, but you know what I mean.

Then, I find the perfect gift. And I type it below their name in green. or red. or whatever color I’m feeling that year.

I take my trusty list out with me wherever I go. When I find the gift, I cross it off.

This is the fun part. For me, anyway. Because I’m a dork.

When I get back to my house, I edit my list (because I like things to be perfect like that) and the purchased gifts are changed to black.

Hopefully, if things go as planned, I will have a black Christmas list by December 20th.

I LOVE black Christmas lists.

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