Thursday, December 2, 2010

thoughts on gift giving

I love Christmas shopping.
I just do.
I love wandering the isles
of random seeming
stores, often second hand,
with a list of names
in search of the perfect gift,
which i may or may not
have an image of in my head.
Its December 2nd and I am pretty much done with my shopping for this year. I have never in my life been done this early before, but I suppose that is what happens when I am unemployed and have time on my hands.

Anyway, the past year or two my entire family and I have all been trying to slowly but surely get rid of some of the junk that we have all somehow accumulated. So the last thing I want to do this holiday season is add to that pile of well intentioned but unused stuff.

So here are some of the jottings from a notebook that I kept in my purse as I wandered the isles or internet pages...

*Cheap is not a reason to buy.
*Don't be a self centered gift giver,
give what the receiver would want or need,
not what you want.
*Find a way to give a unique experience.
*When buying I want to feel good about who I am supporting.
*Quality matters and is worth paying for.
*Consumption for its own sake is not a solution to anything.

Now bring on the joys of wrapping... :)

6 comments:

  1. I like your thoughts on gift giving very much!......and good for you for being done! wow!

    xo

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  2. Wow! That is really early! Mine's never finished until at least 8pm on Christmas Eve :D

    You're notes are ones that everyone should probably have with them when shopping at this time of year.

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  3. I have been trying hard to follow similar rules... shopping has become more a labor of love than a chore to simply be completed.

    Ironically, I am much closer to being finished that I ever have at this date...

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  4. Yeah its a bit crazy to be done this early, but now at least I dont have to spend time in crowded stores unless I want to :)

    Plus I think shopping was more fun this year with trying to make better gift choices and not feeling rushed.

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