I love to shop. I looooooove to shop, especially for Christmas gifts. I also love shopping early, so that I can relax and enjoy the frenzy around me the rest of the season.

And no, although I did buy a sweater for myself yesterday by accident while getting my sister's gift, I do not shop for myself. Generally.

So far, I have bought Rob his birthday gift(s) and Xmas gift(s). My sister is taken care of as well (hugs!). My boys, after haggling with their father over what he's getting them, Chris will receive a CD player and Phil, his own copy of the Sims (since Rob is loathe to share his copy any more, now that he can cheat at it). For Phil's birthday, he's getting Age of Empires II...which means he won't be using his PC for too much other than games, but oh well. I bought my niece a dress, a shirt and a pair of shorts. My mom is going to get some gift certificates that she can splurge on herself with.

And that's about it. ta da! The other things I get are fillers and fluffy things, so I'm pretty much done. Most of my shopping was done online, which really makes things much easier.

I need to dig through my closets for the rest of my holiday decorations. Christmas is the only holiday that I really do any decorating for, even if I do have a Halloween vampire that sings songs when you make loud noise near it. Last year after Christmas, I happened upon these cute boxes of ornaments that were 2 for 1, at 50% off....so for $5, I got 48 ornaments. Not that I'll have a tree, probably. Not after I took out some fake pine garland from the closet and Rob and I observed Mittens gnawing on it. I think he'll eat a real tree. That might leave me, as it did with my first cat Remington, noticing a pine branch sticking out of his behind and having to chase him all over the house to grasp said branch and pull it out. It wasn't fun once and I don't think it'll be fun now.

Especially if Rob reads this and decides to feed Mittens branches on purpose so he can see this phenomenon for himself.