And I’ve already started my Christmas shopping! I think this is a new world record for me! I’m one of those who tends to do a lot of my shopping on Christmas Eve, so I should probably mark this down on the calendar.
Okay, so you can’t exactly call it shopping, because it was free. You see, I was lucky enough to get in on Kodak Gallery’s big giveaway and get a $15 gift certificate. I had planned to use it to get a picture of my mom, my siblings and myself blown up to 16×20, frame it and give it to my mom for Christmas. But since I had to crop the photo, the resolution was too low to make it that big. So instead, I ordered 8×10s for all of us, plus 5×7s of Pumpkin, my brother’s daughter and my sister’s youngest daughter. I’m still going to frame Mom’s 8×10 and give it to her for Christmas, and will just hand the rest out as-is.
Once I get the bills paid, I just might do a little more shopping. I hear a lot of online stores are doing early Black Friday stuff already, so I’ll be sure to check that out. And I need to check on some Amazon gift certificates that I should have gotten but haven’t. I’m thinking if I spread my shopping out and take advantage of some more freebies (like the free photo book I just scored from Shutterfly this morning), Christmas might be a little easier to deal with this year than it has been.
