Lauren Reagan

Guest post from: Winston Stewart

With the holiday season approaching, I’ve made a resolution for myself. After years of dealing with the crowds and standing in lines, I have made a decision. I am going to try to find every single gift that I give online this year. I have scouted out credible websites, and I’m pretty sure I can do it. You can seriously find almost everything online these days, and my gift list is no exception. I have ordered magazine subscriptions, home goods, clothes, accessories. I even ordered a subscription to satellite TV through www.direc4u.com! I didn’t have to worry about one single line, and I’m much more merry this year! Every gift just came right to my house, too- so I saved on gas! When I went to go checkout at one of the websites it gave me twenty percent off and free shipping. It’s almost like you don’t even have to pay tax! I think I’ve found a new way to shop for Christmas gifts! I suggest that everyone that is sick of manning the lines do the same thing!

One of my favorite gifts from this Christmas was a year’s subscription to Netflix. We don’t get cable or satellite so this will be a real treat to be able to watch all that Netflix has to offer on the TV or my laptop. Gonna sign up come January 1st, way too busy right now for movies anyway.

According to her latest email, my best friend is up in arms, trying to find items in which to put in the kids Christmas stockings which can be a challenge each Christmas. We all hate to buy just a bunch of junk that will be left in a drawer, untouched for several years down the road. It seems like such a waste of good money, and money is hard to come by these days, just to buy “fillers” in order to make sure that the stockings are nice and full, and appreciated.

I told her that the Dollar Store is a wonderful place to find items at a low cost, but she has gone to several of these types of businesses and the stuff is just junk and she is getting a bit nervous, considering that Christmas is now only less than a week away. She is going to keep looking, she has to of course, she can’t have her kids disappointed and think that Santa isn’t up to par this year!

I’m glad that Halloween is on a Sunday this year. It makes it so much easier when it falls on a weekend, don’t you think so? My kids are getting a bit old for trick or treating but they are still wanting to wear a costume and attend the parties that are held at school and church.

I’ll be staying home handing out candy to the neighborhood kids that come up each year. Hope it is nice weather for them, it usually isn’t raining, but it can get chilly when the sun goes down and all the ghosts and goblins come out!