here are some tips to help you get holiday gift shopping ship-shape.
1. get organized. make a list. with a pencil. that way when someone on the list pisses you off, you can erase them and pretend they were never really on the list.
2. set a budget and make a plan for payment of your christmas/Hanukkah gifts. if you havent already saved money up for this shit show, then you are going to have to make some serious cut backs to your current spending and start allotting a certain amount from each paycheck to your gift-giving fund. start eating ramen noodles and anything canned and you should be good.
3. get a head start on your shopping online. i highly suggest amazon.com. there, you can create a shopping list. i have basically all of my gifts picked out and stored on my shopping list. with each paycheck, i pull a few off and buy them. within 48 hours, they are sitting on my desk. shopping online is also great because you can really bargain hunt without wasting the time and fuel you would use if you did it in person.
4. luckily, this is the time of the year when drinking--a lo-t-is socially acceptable and encouraged. their will be numerous holiday parties and happy hours and plenty of spiked egg nog for you to imbibe should you get stressed out with all the shopping and spending.
be strong. be good. and be merry.
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Tip 5: Pick fights with friends and loved ones so that you don't have to buy for them. Then, buy a pack of "I'm Sorry" cards to mail out December 26 so your NYE isn't ruined.
My favorite tip is tip #4 :)
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