Last
week, I committed to spending the next 10 Weeks Organizing my Holiday
Celebrations with Organize365.com.
I
will start each week’s challenge on a Sunday and the challenge will end on
Saturday, December 26th.
Beginning
today, there are 9 Weeks to Organizing Your Holiday Celebrations and the task
for the week is to make a plan.
So,
this week, we will decide our holiday gifts budget and make a list of who we
plan to buy gifts for. We already
discussed our budget ($500…..including Selah) and have a pretty good idea
of who we will be purchasing gifts for (mostly
children). However, I want to put everything in writing
and I want to include the maximum amount we are willing to spend on each person
(We kind of already discussed that, as well).
Minor
Details:
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Last week, while doing our bi-monthly budget, I
started a Christmas Gifts savings account on SmartyPig.com. I initiated a transfer of $100 from our joint
to start the account. We just got our NY
state tax refund (much less than I expected :-( ), which will be used to fund the remainder of our
account.
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Plan of action is to redeem our savings in discounted gift cards from
SmartyPig.
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Plan of action is to either give gift cards as gifts or use gift cards
to purchase gifts through the eBates website/app…..or load gift cards on Gyft
app and use them in the stores.
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We are hoping to send out cards this year and
the cards will be coming out of our budget.
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Our gifts for each other does not come out of
this budget. We must use our own
personal spending/savings for the gifts we’re buying each other.
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Side note detail includes the fact that part of our Christmas tradition
includes always including pajamas and a book in our gift for the other person
(this includes Selah), which is opened the night before Christmas. Every other present is opened on Christmas
morning/day.
See the rest of the 10 Weeks to Organizing Your Holiday Celebrations:
10 Weeks To Organizing Your Holiday Celebrations: Commit
9 Weeks To Organizing Your Holiday Celebrations: Make A Plan {You’re here!}
8 Weeks To Organizing Your Holiday Celebrations: Will You Send Cards?
7 Weeks To Organizing Your Holiday Celebrations: What Do You Want To Do?
6 Weeks To Organizing Your Holiday Celebrations: What Will You Eat?
5 Weeks To Organizing Your Holiday Celebrations: Gift Wrap Organization
4 Weeks To Organizing Your Holiday Celebrations: Decorating The House
3 Weeks To Organizing Your Holiday Celebrations: Stock Up On Basics
2 Weeks To Organizing Your Holiday Celebrations: Create Bags For Each Event
1 Week To Organizing Your Holiday Celebrations: DeClutter and Donate Old Toys
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