Already behind on my holiday shopping
Yes, I am already behind. And it is only the end of September, I realize, so you may be rolling your eyes...However, long ago (well a few years), I realized that I am able to be more creative and thoughtful in my holiday gift purchasing by giving myself a few months to complete it. It also extrapolates my holiday spending on my "necessary evil" credit cards. 
And, for those of you who read the weekly Analytics blog, this is more important than ever now that my fiance and I are sharing expenses (aka: he put me on a budget. GASP!).
Yet, in my never ending ability to rationalize (aka: forgive myself), I have also determined that my need to get ahead of my holiday shopping means:
a) I cause myself the current stress of feeling "behind" when
b) even starting in September still somehow means I will find myself doing last minute shopping on December 24th despite "getting ahead" since September and usually because I
c) bought so-and-so's gift back in September but stored it someplace I forgot and now am desperate to find something to put under that tree for that person.
Phew! My Cakeplow guilt venting worked - I feel better already!
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And, for those of you who read the weekly Analytics blog, this is more important than ever now that my fiance and I are sharing expenses (aka: he put me on a budget. GASP!). Yet, in my never ending ability to rationalize (aka: forgive myself), I have also determined that my need to get ahead of my holiday shopping means:
a) I cause myself the current stress of feeling "behind" when
b) even starting in September still somehow means I will find myself doing last minute shopping on December 24th despite "getting ahead" since September and usually because I
c) bought so-and-so's gift back in September but stored it someplace I forgot and now am desperate to find something to put under that tree for that person.
Phew! My Cakeplow guilt venting worked - I feel better already!
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