an idea for making your shopping just a bit
easier. Richard and I Have already begun Christmas shopping and, because I really don’t like shopping, I was
determined to be efficient and accomplish some of the difficult holiday chores.
We don’t purchase a great deal of gifts, but it does
begin to get muddled after a few hours.
Even more muddling is when I get ready to wrap the gifts. It’s easy to mix up the gifts that are
similar, especially the grandchildren’s gifts.
Of course we make a list of names and gift ideas, but I also write the names on stickers. Rich
holds on to the list and I keep the stickers.
Once we find a gift, I stick the recipient’s name on it. If we plan to buy another item for that
recipient, I write the name on another sticker.
The great thing to see is an empty sticker page,
because that means we’re done! Everyone
has a Christmas gift from Grandmay and Poppa.
When I’m ready to wrap, there’s no confusion or worry
of who gets what…the stickers tell me exactly who each gift is for. I leave the sticker on the gift because these
little circles aren’t very large.
Although removing price tags isn’t much of a problem anymore,
occasionally I’ll find one on the box.
If that’s the case, I cover it with the sticker eliminating one more
little problem for when I wrap gifts.
If you give my sticker system a try, let me know how it
works for you. I’m pretty sure you’ll
find it helps both while shopping and later when gift-wrapping.
Happy shopping,
Mary
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