Don't Hate Me Because I'm Organized

Like that hair product commercial of the late 80's, I'm tossing my tresses about in the smug satisfaction of knowing that as of November 25th I am 95% done with my Christmas shopping!!

And not only that, I have written, addressed and stamped with custom-made stamps of my puppy (gag, I know) 40 Christmas cards.

Now, typically I don't consider myself an overly organized person. Not a disaster, not a wedding-gift-at-the-one-year-anniversary, (not my mother), but then not a clean desk, spotless kitchen kinda gal either. This Christmas is a bit of an aberration, I'll admit. I've always sent cards and bought gifts of course, but never before has everything been sown up by Thanksgiving!

This year, however, I don't have any time to shop in December on accounta I'm haulin my cookies all over God's country (though to the most forsaken locales) in the name of a paycheck. Last year, if you'll recall, I did the same; reporting from across the land with the Where's Queenie series. Unfortunately, the cities I'm visiting this year aren't the most noteworthy- trust me, there are no clues for which you might guess where I'll be.

So in an effort to not stress myself out over gifts while I'm busy stressing myself out over work, I've done gone and taken care of all of it. Oh, and I've wrapped it all too!!

Understand that this flies in the face of an entire childhood of last-minuteness, though the Queen Mum did buy her first holiday gift in August...the rest, however, will be purchased in approximately 3 weeks;-)

Now, I understand that this preparedness has more to do with the fact that I'm childless and left to my own devices during football season, than with my actual organizational and/or shopping skills. I care not for such trivialities, but I do care that NONE of my friends are so far along, and y'all know gloatin' rides right up there with gossipin' as my favorite hobby.

So tomorrow I begin trekkin all over the place and I will really try to keep y'all informed, but in all reality do you really have time to be readin' a blog when there are gifts to be bought and cards to be mailed? Hmmm?