Reading the title of this post you may think I have totally lost my mind. Who in the world is saying anything about Christmas in May? I am even ahead of the retail gurus. That is a feat in and of itself. Here's how I got to Christmas. Yesterday as I was sitting out on the new porch looking at some old magazines (one of my favorite things to do.) I realized most of the old ones I had picked up were from Christmas. LOL!!! I save them for ideas and inspiration.
As I thumbed through them and saw the cute decorations, yummy recipes, and gift ideas I realized how relaxed I was. Something unheard of when Christmas approaches. Normally we get so overwhelmed and antsy about everything we never get to enjoy it.
When the retailers start all the Christmas promotions we begin to think about what we will do this year. We have tons of new recipes we were going to make. In our mind we see the beautiful tree we are going to copy from from our Pinterest board. Then it hits us. We either don't have the time, energy or the cash to make it all happen like we want. So here we are all down in the mouth and it's the most wonderful time of the year.
So what's a girl to do to make the dream Christmas happen this year? We can make an early plan. We can take the time to get real with what we can and can't do both physically and financially. Now that we are not under the gun to get all those gifts bought, attend so many parties and get to a whole bunch of children's activities, we can take a time out and think. A real luxury when it comes to Christmas.
So how about it? Are you thinking: "It's May and I am into summer right now or I'll deal with Christmas later." Well hear me now on this... it will be Christmas before you can say Jack Sprat. As for me I'm making some notes and I'm squirreling away a few dollars here and there. No, I don't have it all planned down to the last detail but it's a work in progress. I want this Christmas to be better than last year when I ran around with my hair on fire trying to get it all done. LOL!!!!
You all have a wonderful day and let me be the very first person this year to wish you a Merry Christmas ... LOL....
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