Holiday Shopping Status Report
Christmas Presents for Nuclear Family - 4 of 4 decided upon, if not already bought.
Stocking Stuffers for Nuclear Family - As always seems to be the case, I have a ton of stuff that got collected over the year for one person. So now I have to scramble to find things for the others so that people get equal numbers of presents. 3 of the 5 stockings are pretty set, or easy to top off. 2 are being very difficult this year.
Christmas Presents for Extended Family - 14 to 23 presents for adults and 5 for children needed. I have a good idea what I'm going to make for the adults. Now I just have to get to making them and hope they turn out okay and don't take too long. No clue what to get for the kids. Last time I needed kids presents I found these great super-squishy/stretchy animal ball things that were a big hit. But no luck so far this year. Everything I've seen so far is either too boring for the kids to like them, too young for the oldest (~10), too old for the youngest (~4), or too fraught with potential for the kids to want to play inside with outside toys, and therefore break stuff.
Christmas Presents for Co-Workers - 5 to 6 presents needed for key staff. I have a good idea what I'm going to make for them, and again just have to get making. I'm also going to try to bake a mondo batch of cookies for all the field guys.
Birthday Presents for Family & Friends Party - 3 of 6 decided upon/bought. No clue yet for friends. Currently at a dead end for my idea for my Brother-in-Law. (Last year Jenga and Booby-Trap were well received. So I was hoping to find a similar "kinetic" game for this year. But Toys'R'Us was a bust.)
