It’s not unusual that I wait until the last moment to do my Christmas shopping. I bought a few gifts on Amazon.com last night, just in time to make the deadline for the 2 day shipping. I spent today on my feet tromping through the mall looking for the rest. I didn’t find them all. So, I’ll be back out tomorrow.

I suspect I would wait until Christmas Eve to do my shopping if I weren’t terrified that all the stores will close on me, and for the fact that my family has a big Christmas Eve party every year that takes up my entire day: cooking, preparing, and then partying. ;-)

This waiting isn’t such a bad thing. A few days of stress and then it’s all over. I hate trying to remember what I’ve already wrapped, because I’ve done that before. I also hate trying to remember how much I’ve spent so far, because I’ve done that too.

Since I quit worrying about my habit of last minute shopping, embraced it even, there have been just as many benefits as drawbacks. I guess in the end it just comes down to how anxious you’ll get if you don’t shop early.

I don’t get that anxious until the week before Christmas, so why worry about it?