It’s November already! Yikes!
It’s the first week of November already! Yikes! Where has this year gone to?
If you’re like many women, you’re beginning to feel a little panic as you look at the calendar and realize there are only a few weeks until Thanksgiving and then a few more until Christmas/Hanukkah!
Anxiety comes as your mind reviews the many tasks (and few hours) that lie ahead. More apprehension settles in if you’re concerned about having enough money to do all the things you’d like, and still be able to keep up with the bills!
Well, don’t panic! I’m a practical person who operates well with lists, so grab a pen and paper and let’s make a plan.
- First, write the dates on your calendar of every event, program, party and family gathering you expect to attend. If you plan to bring food or gifts, write those down too.
- Write in when your bills are due, and promise to pay them on time.
- Determine your holiday budget and promise not to go one penny over it. Get a free copy of my Holiday Spending Plan.
- Make a list of who you will give gifts to, and what you’d like to give them. Get a free copy of my Holiday Gift List.
- Plan your menus now.
- Do as much grocery shopping now as you can. Cook and bake ahead as much as you can. It’s not too early to start!
- Buy or make as many gifts ahead as you can, get them wrapped, labeled and hidden.
- Buy, make, write or print out any Holiday greeting cards you want to send or use Send Out Cards. Send 2 cards for free!
- As soon as Thanksgiving is over, go through your Holiday decorations to purge, add or revive
- Get a copy of the new e-book Stress Free Holiday Entertaining to help you with all the details
- Remember to keep things simple and spend time relaxing with the kids and your spouse.
- Plan now to enjoy the holidays!
Sandra Jensen makes family meal time a priority and enjoys putting homecooked food on the table even when budgets and schedules are tight. Be sure to pick up Sandra’s newest Stress Free Holiday Entertaining ebook where she’ll provide you with tips and tricks to help you breeze through the Holidays and enjoy your friends and family for once.
The holidays are certainly a stressful time for so many people. And like our money, if we organize our time, we can begin to exert some level of control over it. This is an excellent reminder of what we need to do to make our holidays a joy, not a trial.
Thanks….
It is true that during the months of November and December can be very stressful. I like your point number two that states “Write in when your bills are due, and promise to pay them on time”. I have started doing this with my bank buy doing more Online banking and in the future having alerts sent to me so that I can continue to pay bills on time.
Boy, you must be busy – it’s now the middle of December. Yikes! the holidays are here girlfriend. I tend to buy presents all year round – when I see something – I grab it – especially if it is on sale. So most of my holiday shopping is done way in advance.
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