Christmas Shopping...

[0iD]

Are you a last minute kind of person, or are you organised & purchased and wrapped everything already? Personally I'm of the latter, well everything's bought & stashed away. Having 4 kids we generally start the buying in August to make sure they all get a goodly haul. Plus it's the only way to be able to afford it all tbh.

This year tho, I have done 100% of my shopping online & it's great! Now don't get me wrong, I'm not adverse to getting off my bum & trogging round the shops, but at christmas it's so damned tedious. Plus I've nabbed a few online bargains with quidco & google checkout etc. The mrs on the other hand has done her share in the shops, being a bit of a technophobe & paranoid about online fraud she's nabbed her fair share of prize purchases. (I know she stands more of a chance getting defrauded in random shops & petrol stations, but what can you do )

So on the balance of things it's been about 50/50 on the bargain front, but I recon I win anyway. Because I'm a man so there But as Parm said in his DS post, at least with a shop, if it breaks or is faulty you can go in & have a face-to-face and sort it out.

Anyway, done yours yet?

[Mossy]

1 more present to go!

[Guy]

Bah Humbug!

[Parm]

I'm gonna start on Thursday! God help me.

[menthel]

All done here! I am too lazy to go round the shops so most of it was done online.

[tiggerai]

I love christmas shopping, I just wish i had a few more pennies to spend on people this year.

oh well.

[pollaxe]

I think I got about 90% of my gifts from Amazon this year. Mahvullus!

[kopite]

Im a lot more organised than most years. Usually it comes down to christmas eve lol.

I just have to get my brother something else and my girfriend some more stuff

[BlackDwarf]

I get paid on Friday.... So the weekend is shopping time

[Lucio]

I have no idea what to buy people anymore, it all seems just a tremendous waste of money and time for people who you really don't have any contact with and who aren't part of your life anymore.

[CMC]

i bought dvd for my wee brother, and for my dad, and perfume for my mum, i took my girlfriend away for the weekend, that was her present, but i still wanna get her a couple of wee things for to have on christmas day to open, so i ordered a wee photo book of photos from our trip, and will get her chocolate or something simple.. and i have a wee secret santa present to get for one of my house mates.. i have to stop using the word 'wee'

[Raz316]

I actually enjoyed it this year, I graduated in july, so not being a student anymore, this is the first Christmas in a while I've actually been able to afford presents.

I bought my dad Trap Door series 1 and 2 on DVD, so I cant wait to see that (honestly, it is for him primarily, but i may as well enjoy it right?)

[Funkstar]

not started. Might do some tomorrow in Lerwick before catching the ferry, but I'll probably end up with nothing for anyone else and something for me.... as usual

Thursday afternoon i'm going shopping in Aberdeen. I plan to get everything in one go, might even just get it all in JL and collect it by car, can't be done with crowds these days. Tried to do some shopping in Glasgow last week, but ended up in Costa, StarBucks and an EasyInternet (in a Cafe Nero) instead

[MadduckUK]

saturday methinks... might start early since there will be no rush to get legless on friday night like there usually is.

[Mblaster]

I haven't started yet... will be done 'soon' I'm rubbish at deciding what to get so usually end up leaving it to the last miniute and doing it all in one trip.

[kickstart 1]

Bought? ..finished weeks ago ! Wrapped ? nearly all done, takes me ages, all bows n ribbons , i know, torn off in seconds !