All decorations sorted, and organised into their respective boxes but not yet hauled back up to the attic. I’ve a few to donate to the charity shop set aside but it’s the wrong time of year for that.
I’ve bought very little in advance this year - some cards and one gift. I have plenty to use up. I’ve ordered ribbon and bought some large brown packing labels as tags, not particularly bargainous but it’s useful to have it all together.
Each year I’m learning to simplify a little more. I went for big impact decorations this year rather than lots of fiddly bits cluttering up every surface and found it much easier to live with.
I’m also learning to group jobs that go together naturally rather than having an intimidatingly long to-do list that wears me out just thinking about it. Or doing a job out of order that ends up having to be re-done.
I didn’t anticipate the amount of homework and exams the dc would have which impacted on what we could fit in and their stress levels. That’s only going to increase in the future so I need to take that into account.
We always get gifts of sweets and biscuits so I’ve made a note not to buy any next year.
Getting organised early is always worthwhile, ime, and this year everyone got sick as various times in December so I was grateful to have the bulk of the work done in advance. Will definitely try similar next year.