To want to get xmas out of the way

[ImnotOK]

We are skint ,I have started getting stuff prepared for xmas now and dp thinks I am mad .
The way I see it is that if it is sorted now when we have time there will not be a lot of presuure in nov/dec to spend large amounts .

[Seasider]

Good for you, it is an insane time of year, anything to reduce the pressure is a sound idea in my book...

[ImnotOK]

Everything is on sale now too ,I want to be a smug person on the 1st of december and say "ohh it's all done lol"

[Bumdiddley]

Oh see I thought you were going to be all bah humbug and complain about your family

YANBU - Good idea

[PuppyMonkey]

Do it and be smug when the rest of us are fretting.

[Love2bake]

YANBU

I am already planning what to buy and will probably start soon.

[RhinestoneCowgirl]

Well DC2 is due on 21 Dec, so I plan to do as much prep early as poss. Online shopping beckons...

[MrsFluffleHasAWuffle]

I'll be starting early too as soon as schools go back, limited budget and really have to pull ourselves in this year.

[Shoegazer]

I've already started, in fact I started in January I already have 90% of DD's presents bought in the sales. So if YABU then so am I!

[Roboshua]

I always start when they go back to school buying bits and peices. It makes Christmas a lot more bearable not just from a cost issue but also fighting round the shops near Christmas. The only problem is I always find some item bought for Christmas in the middle of January which I'd hidden soemwhere and forgotten about!!

[mumeeee]

YABU.it's summer and in our family we refuse to think about Christmas until October.

[VickyPea]

The shops are getting ready too, I came back from my summer holidays two weeks ago and Asda had their perfume counter hung with tinsel and a bloody Christmas tree !! Give us a chance to have a summer first FGS! I do agree with you though, I have started thinking about buying things, you know, just to be prepared and all that.

[Elkat]

I do the same too. I'm realllly sad, because about now, I sit and work out a list of what my DDs want, and the cheapest place I can get them from and how much. I will then keep that list on me, and if I see anything cheaper than on my list, I'll pick it up. Although I have to admit, I did pick up a few things in the january sales . Though in my defence, In Nov and Dec I have also got to buy presents for both my daughters' birthdays and for my husband's birthday too - so it is a mightily expensive time of year for me!

[IllegallyBrunette]

YANBU, I always start mine once the kids go back after summer hols.

Mine all have Nov and Dec birthdays too, so I have to be organised about it.