It was a beautiful day (sunny and 50 degrees) here in western New York and I used my day off from school to get a head start on my Christmas shopping. It was a very successful day and I accomplished a lot. Found a lot of things I was looking for and several gifts for people for whom I had no ideas. Tomorrow I’m going to start wrapping and hope to keep up with it as I go along. Every year that I get done early I have more time to enjoy the season myself. I got so inspired when I was grocery shopping, I loaded up on supplies for Christmas baking as well. Feels good.