Christmas gift buying

Are you done with your Christmas shopping?

We are! Finally! O my goodness do I hate taking this long to complete my shopping. I mean, it’s 10 days away. Just being done now is so not what I am used to.

So why did it take so long this year?

Well, the whole process has changed, I’m married. I am no longer making decisions on my own when it comes to buying gifts because my name isn't the only one going on the "From:" line. And this year I am learning that this is one of the goofy things that Josh and I handle differently. 

I absolutely love to be done Christmas shopping as early as possible. If I had my way, I would be done every year by Thanksgiving. My darling husband is cool with finishing his shopping on Christmas Eve. So now that our finances are joined, things get handled differently.

When it comes to gifts, I tend to get an idea for a person and just go for it. There is nothing more undesirable to me than fighting the crowds as the holiday gets closer. Josh on the other hands, likes to research, lay out the pros and cons, and then make a decision. So coming to conclusions on what to get people together took a little bit longer than I am used to. (Plus I had to compete with finals for his attention to make gift choices).

Buying Christmas gifts together was a great experience and a learning one. I think it’s another one of those things that we get to learn about each other’s quirks and over time, come together on the best way to accomplish it.

With all of the gifts purchased and wrapped, we are so ready to celebrate our first Christmas together!