After-Christmas-sales are almost finished. Items have been picked over. I offered a suggestion to my daughter about buying Christmas wrappings, labels, letter paper, etc. during the sales and keeping it until next Christmas…great bargains. She wisely told me that she wasn't sure she'd be living in the same apartment, so didn't want to store it all year only to move it.
If you buy ahead, be sure to place the items in a place you'll find them when the event comes: birthday gifts in a certain box always, the perfect card for a loved one's event in your greeting card box, Christmas paper, labels, etc. with your ornaments so you'll find them when you decorate next December. "Oh, look! I forgot I'd bought this stuff!" Contrast that feeling with finding your stash the following April when you couldn't find it for Christmas.
If you don't have designated spots for buy ahead items, think that through today and come up with a plan.
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