Christmas? Again? Didn't We Do That Last Year?

Carols blasting in shopping centres, daily agonising on facebook... "there's only XX days to go..."  Mother daughter craft afternoon at school. Yes it seems that Christmas is creeping up on us again.

Miss 8 made all this
I sat and watched, sipping tea
Not once did I interfere - except the few times when asked for help, of course
IT NEARLY KILLED ME

I have, once again, found refuge and sanity with The Organised Housewife.  Check out her Organise Yourself A Merry Little Christmas series.  After you fall to the floor weeping at actually seeing all the things you've got to organise in the next few weeks, then crawl into a corner and stay there for a few hours, rocking slightly and sipping wine... after you've done that, you can start making lists, thinking stuff through, organising budgets and gift ideas, it brings a sense of calm and control.

Or maybe that's just me.

I've got lists, I've got excel spreadsheets, I've even got a folder. Yesterday (a day of pure insanity which involved Miss 6 being sent home from school with a sandfly bite on her eyebrow, and culminated in me being abroad a horse for the first time in seven years) er, I digress... Yesterday I spent three hours in Westfield, buying mini candy canes, sorting out gifts for more distant family, teachers and so on, organising advent calendars and activities, and took care of many of those little jobs that snowball into a massive workload if you let them.

Today I'm off to Bunnings and to pick up the girl's pressies, which I got for a steal on ebay.  School holidays commence in two and a half weeks, and hopefully, by then, the worst of the planning and shopping will be over.

How about you? How are you doing?