13th December 2021

Every year it gets to roughly this point and I realise how behind I am with Christmas planning.  Which is totally bizarre because as soon as we get to mid November I start thinking about what we may eat, things I need to do, what gifts I will give and then somehow I all sort of goes to pot.  I blame Matt actually, his birthday is 15th December and so I have this awful habit of thinking that I will just get over his birthday and then I will think about Christmas. Thing is by that point almost everywhere are on final orders, Ocado are reminding me to finalise my basket and everything becomes just a it too like a mad panic.

Also every year I tell myself it will be different and that I will just be better at planning than the last.  I am one of those people that are great at pulling things together at the last minute but since I am a project manager by day and I love a good list and love things being planned with military precision, this aspect of me takes me by surprise. I start planning or looking at things and often end up going down a rabbit hole and I get lost in looking stuff up.

So things I must do tomorrow include finalising gifts for everybody, finalising what we are eating over that 10 day period and what is left to be done around the house.  I do so love Christmas but there is always so much to do.