How brave am I to go Christmas shopping today?

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I've left almost everything until last minute

DS (2) is completely bought for. Everything done. It's just DH and a few others.

Am I mad to brave the shopping centre today? Won't tomorrow be even worse?

I don't have to do a food shop since I'm not hosting Christmas Day or Boxing Day.

It's just presents.

It'll be fine. I am going non-Christmas shopping today. Just a couple of non-Christmas related things I need. It won't take long - two shops and I can walk there.

Most people will be done and dusted

Go - it won’t be as bad as you think. Just avoid lunchtime rush.

Good luck
I hate shopping 🛍 I’m not keen on people either. The thought of trooping round the shops, trying to find something suitable, would be my idea of hell.
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DH went yesterday with our 3 year old and no pushchair - he's much braver than me!

I'm doing the food shop this afternoon.

It will be quieter if you wait until late in the day.

Would have been less stressful if you had done it earlier. I don’t really understand last minute shopping, it’s the same date every year.

Honestly just go and get it done then you have xmas eve to do nothing but excite the little one about Christmas or make a gingerbread house

My mother always shows last minuet. Sled have started and gift wrap is half price.
Even turkeys come down in price.

Just because people do it differently doesn’t mean it’s wrong. Mum just refuses to buy into the hype.

We’re popping to shops today (combining with a walk and a festive activity with DC) as DH hasn’t bought my Christmas present yet. Am hoping it’ll be fine!

I'm going to the local city this pm. I'm hoping most people will have everything wrapped by now. Going in with a game plan and know exactly what I need. So hope to be and put no fuss

It isn't too bad in town today save for M&S which I am braving later to collect my food order. I suspect tomorrow is when last minute shoppers may hit as a lot of people finish work early. However my friend said it was hell this weekend so many may already be done.

I've done the Christmas food shopping this morning. Aldi at 9am and Morrison's at 10. I was anticipating chaos but both supermarkets were fine. Quite chilled out actually. Still got 2 vouchers to get and a selection box. I need the sense of last minute panic to galvanize me into action. Got most of my wrapping left to do too.

We went to the shopping centre yesterday, parked up fine and wasn’t any busier than usual. However the supermarkets we passed on the way home were absolutely rammed with cars just driving round and round the car park to try and get a space

I’ve still got tons of presents to buy. I am VERY disorganised! I’m going tomorrow once dd is at nursery. It’ll be fine (probably).

I went to M and S at 7.30am to change a jumper I had ordered that was faulty (!). Not too busy when I arrived, but huge queue of cars coming in as I was leaving at about 8am

I went shopping yesterday. It was really quiet. Most Christmas themed stuff has sold out though so I hope you weren't relying on reduced bargains!

All presents bought and wrapped but I need to go food shopping this afternoon, am dreading it, its normally bedlam with empty shelves and loadsa people, chatting in the aisles, trollies in way can feel a headache coming on already. Said on news that it is the busiest shopping day today

@IDidItWrong go late tonight or very early tomorrow.

I went at 6am to get the last bits and by 8am it was heaving.

I called into Aldi on my way to work for salad, fruit and some dips etc and the car park was packed with people driving around looking for spaces. It was 8.10am! Luckily it was a cheery atmosphere inside with no long queues at the tills.

Sainsburys over the road though looked a lot worse....

Just get whatever you can from a supermarket or out of town shopping centre. Supermarket/garage gifts are the way forward this late in the day.

I'm at Asda now and it's hell. Car park full, roads choca, tempers frayed. No deserts, except cheesecake, which DS won't eat as it has cheese in it. Ffs. Save yourself, hibernate.

Just been the m and s in queens drive by the stag and rainbow for anyone who lives near by!

Absolute murder to get out that car park. Worse than usual but the actual m and s wasn't that busy.

Braving it to Liverpool city centre in a bit for story time with santa 🎅. Then my mum wants to go to primark.

I went about an hour ago. It wasn’t that busy. A lot of people will be at work because it’s a normal working day for most.