Getting into the holiday spirit...

It's definately starting to feel a lot more like Christmas around our house these days.
The tree is up, decorated, and still alive!
Most of the decorations are up inside the house (well, the ones i plan on putting up are, the rest are still in the tubs).
The decorations outside are up and running every night.
Presents are starting to pile up in the basement (yup, that's right, i said basement...there really isn't a safe place in my house to HIDE things...and this is going to be the one and only year i will be able to hide things in the basement, since it will be finished next year and Mady and Em will be down there quite a lot)
I really need to get working on wrapping everything that's sitting around, i really do. But the trick is finding time to do it all in.
And i need to finish shopping!!
I was doing really well, at least i thought i was.
I bought a ton of stuff on Black Friday, i even bought some stuff after that, i did some online shopping on Cyber Monday, i got a ton of great deals!!
But that left me in a bind.
I still have things yet to buy for people.
Here comes the problem...
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE THINGS ARE!!!
The sad truth is, as we get older, it gets harder and harder to buy things for people for Christmas.
Everybody already has everything they want, and if there is something they need they just go out and buy it themselves.
Short of telling people that they can't buy themselves anything after September 1st, there isn't really anything you can do to fix this problem!
And you don't want to buy people things that they don't really want or need.
Nothing is worse than watching someone graciously accept a gift you gave them, only to have them go home and never use/wear the thing.
In cases like that, i'd rather have given a gift certificate or something.
But what fun is a gift certificate?!
Gifts, boxes, bags, presents...now that's where the fun is at!
Who wants to open an envelope on Christmas day, while everyone else is opening boxes?!
What a predicament!
Guess i better get my google on...
That, or i better borrow someones thinking cap, and quick!!