Is anyone else unnerved by the fact that the stores: 1) are already decorated for Christmas, 2) are already playing holiday music, and 3) are already doing Black Friday type weekend sales? I know the economy sucks and all and the stores are trying to get people in to shop, but I literally went to the store on Sunday, November 1, where it looked like someone ate too much Halloween candy and suddenly barfed Christmas everywhere!

Barfing Christmas
It is a little too early. Gone are the days where the Christmas music didn’t start until AFTER Thanksgiving. I will admit that I am mostly done Xmas shopping. I was a little afraid that with the economic problems there wouldn’t be that many good bargains come November and December (boy- was I wrong!), so I took advantage of a lot of summer sales. Perhaps I should unleash Christmas early at home and start wrapping……and decorating……and making gingerbread. There’s only a month and a half left before Xmas – what are you waiting for, people???!!!


