Makin' that List and Checkin' it THRICE!

by: Mindy Scheier

So..I know you may find this hard to believe but I am a last minute lady when it comes to shopping for the holidays. I tend to go in to what I call a Holiday Haze or basically a state of panic. Not only does it become incredibly overwhelming but it can get wildly expensive to have a last minute scramble!

After years of floundering around and literally buying whatever I could get my hands on, I finally decided to take the reindeer by the horns (a little holiday humor from the jew). I figured out the best way to attach this holiday neurosis, is to get super organized, and that my friends means LISTS and LISTS!!! I now have all affected parties, such as the little consumers known as children, go through the strategically delivered magazines in order to make their wish lists. This not only allows me to micro-manage (lord knows I love that ) what gifts will come in to this house but it allows for some comparison shopping to get the best prices out there! All hale the internet! (google it and start camparing!) The key to this strategy is to have the lists made well in advance of the holidays...again not my strong suit...but I am trying ladies, trying hard actually. So the moral of this Holiday tale is that Santa was onto something brilliant when he was "makin' that list and checkin' it twice".

PS. if you are reading this now saying "eeeeks" I am about to do the scramble, pour yourself a glass of vino, sharpen your pencils and get to it!

For more fashion rants and raves, go to mindyfinds.blogspot.com