The ides of December

Writing: So far this week has been spent dealing with the copy-edits and preparing for holidays. Taking a few days off next week so I hope to make significant progress.

Reading: FOREVER ODD by Dean Koontz. One of those me-presents I picked up while shopping for others. Normally I don't buy hardcovers, since my TBR stack is so tall that new books are often out in paperback before I have a chance to get to them. But I really liked ODD THOMAS and so far I'm enjoying the sequel.

Shopping: Out of the original list, I've finished up fifteen folks and have five left to go. Every day I go home and find more boxes on my front porch as the internet orders keep arriving.

Meme: ( 15 Things About Me and Writing )

Christmas organization goes splat

I had a plan. I had a spreadsheet. I carefully wrote down each gift that I purchased/ordered. I methodically worked my way through the list, buying gifts at stores, gift cards, and ordering on-line.

The bulk of the shopping was on-line. And I forgot to add a field to my spreadsheet to indicate which gifts were being sent to my house for repackaging and which gifts were being sent directly to the giftees. Ooops.

I have many, many, many packages and boxes in my living room and am not quite sure how many more I should be expecting to arrive. Have to print off all the e-receipts and go through them to figure this out.

It was such a good system... right up to the moment it went splat.

ETA: Have completed e-receipt reconciliation. There's only 1 order coming to my house that I'm missing, everything else is already here or on its way to the intended recipient. Phew!