For the first time in my life, I have started Christmas shopping early. Yes, I'm well on my way to becoming one of those annoyingly smug people who brag about being done their Christmas shopping on December 1.
Why the Christmas zeal this year? Because I don't want to waddle through the packed malls of Calgary while eight months pregnant. Usually the millions of people don't bother me, and doing all my shopping two weeks before Christmas is my M.O. But this year, I can't imagine anything I'd rather do LESS. My back is going to hurt, my feet are going to be swollen, and my gi-normous stomach is going to knock things over in crowded stores. I just know it.
Also, there's the nagging voice in the back of my head that says: What if something goes wrong and the baby comes early? What if I get sick or get stuck on bed rest or something like that? And so, with Halloween not even here yet, I have started to buy Christmas presents. And it feels really, really weird.
It also feels like I should be decorating the house. I mean, if I'm buying presents, then it must be Christmas, right? It sure looks like Christmas at all the stores I'm shopping in. Maybe I should go home and find where we put the Christmas tree…
1 comment:
Ahh, welcome to my club! I am one of the smug, annoying people who has her shopping done by Rememberance day.
I never use to be. And then I had my youngest, who tended to spend large amounts of time in a hospital bed, at the most inopportune times.
It was my worst fear that he would be in the hospital while his brother and sister twiddled their thumbs and wondered where their christmas presents were.
And thus, a smug, annoying shopper was born. And now, I just continue the tradition because, well, let's face it, I enjoy being one of those smug annoying people.
That, and I find I can sit back and enjoy the Christmas season without worrying about finding that perfect gift...
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