It is June and I have finished the stockings for dh and kids

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Ha! Mainly by going to museum ships me and the baby while on mat leave with the older kids at school and nursery. Not got the bubble bath, pants, chocolate components yet. But have got the toys.

Wind up slinky crocodiles
Cake shaped bath squirters
Dinosaur eggs that hatch a baby dinosaur
Cool pens
Glow in the dark planet stickers

(they will be 6, 4 and 1. 1 year old has just the bath squirters)

Just showing off...

Hahaha, I am so definitely not

Christmas shopping is for me a perfect displacement activity to distract me from my appalling inefficiencies elsewhere in life

I've found my home everyone in rl thinks I'm strange for already thinking about Christmas

Would be great if people could add links to the stocking filler stuff they've purchased.

I've started ours too - giant marbles, finger lights, drinking straw glasses...

Love hearing about everyone's preparations, has anyone else seen the dotcomgiftshop sale? Last night I bought a few things there, some real bargains to be had! I also got a load of bits and bobs for DD's stocking in the Accesorize sale a few days ago - 50% off in most cases. Also the John Lewis summer sale had a few bits, I got The Cube board game to play on Christmas Day for half price.

Phaidon books did a fab sale and I got a few books for cousins and my parents.

I've also bought tickets to see The Snowman ballet on the 22nd December.

Every year I start the stockings when the summer sales start, I love Christmas, all the planning and present buying. I'm hosting for the first time this year so looking forward to it even more than usual.

I went to a fenwicks warehouse sale for a fridge. Didn't get that but got a huge pile of peppa pig and mike the knight toys for stockings, Christmas and birthdays (October and Nov birthdays).

I started buying in the Jan sales though. Always do. Stuff that's generic. Like I got a pop up pirate island / tent thing.

Make sure your husband gives you a penny for the nail clippers. Things that cut can't be given as presents but it's OK if he "buys" them with a penny!

I don't even know what il have for breakfast this morning, let alone what anyone wants for Christmas! I do buy non last minute, but that's beginning December onwards