Christmas Cheer

Christmas is drawing near and with that comes my frantic search of shopping for my peeps! What to get people? What do you get for a mother that has everything? What do you get for a father that also has everything? Both of whom insist not to get them anything... Well, I did. Both of them! Possibly my greatest ideas ever!
For my sisters? No idea... well, one of them I have an idea. Or I know... but actually finding this particular item is proving to be a challenge since it is currently sold out, even on the internet. For my other sister... I've no idea. A few ideas but nothing solid. I could go with coffee but I've gotten her coffee every other year and for her birthday and randomly. So something different? Hmmm....

As for what I want for Christmas? This in itself is also difficult. When my parents ask me what I want for Christmas, I don't know how to respond. Usually if there's something I want, I get it for myself. If I can't, it's typically out of my price range and I think if it's out of my range, I'd rather not expect anyone to get it for me. Ideally, a month's rent covered, some sort of a gift-card for something I can use (ie. Sobeys, etc) or some other money-saving item that would help me that way. For something more splurgy, can't go wrong with gift-cards for clothing stores, HMV, etc. I personally hate giving gift-cards as presents. I find them very impersonal. But when it comes to receiving something, if I HAVE to get something, I'd rather it be a gift-card. That way, I don't have to actually get it right away. I can save it for when I'd actually be closer to needing an item from said-store.

I understand now why Christmas is stressful. And this is even without me thinking about how much I've spent and plan on spending this year...