On the Fifth day of Christmas.

Ho Ho Ho Ho Happy Holidays!

Yes it is officially raining and it’s the Christmas season.  Since Christ the King celebration, it marked the official start of the Christmas season. Though sadly I still could not feel it primarily because it has been raining non-stop for days already (Guess ol’ climate change is really kicking hard on us this time). And there is no longer any Christmas break for me anymore (The sad facet about being an alumni haha).

Well, since I’m speaking of the holiday season, let me share to you a not-so-secret tip on gift giving. 

Ahh, yes! The happiness that pours whenever there a beautifully packed box with only our name on it; the uncontained excitement once we start ripping gracefully (LOL!) the obtrusive material hindering the surprise for us. That is the power of the gift giving this season.

As much as I really also want to receive gifts (Ahem, to those who knows me LOL); I also want to sprinkle loooovee this month. Heck do we need to wait for Valentines for this? Love should be all year round and should be more intensified this month.

While making a list two months, I devised a strategy for me to have better options to expand my sources (A.k.a income haha!). So here’s how it is. Let say I have five groups of people who I should give for this holiday, I will then distinguish which of these five will have a groupie gift. What will be left is a special list for my family and loved ones, which entails more preparation. Back to the groupie gifts. Each of these remaining groups will have options A to D. Options A to C will be those items not worth more than my allotted budget. Option D, shall contain those items that exceeds my budget (I have to pray hard that I will not fall in this option haha!). To confirm options A to C, I have to check the following: 1) whether the items I want can be sent on the day itself or earlier, and 2) if I can avail of a discount for buying in bulk. After which I proceeded with making the orders or buying them directly (one to two weeks earlier before the holidays week). One tactic I used is to purchase gift items from stores that does not attract  lot of crowd. So I shy away from Divisoria and other similar places. I also scour group items from sale which happens earlier before the month of December.

After completing my groupie gifts, I proceed with my special list. Well, this one really takes me hours of decision making, because I wanted them to have the best possible gift I can manage. I also think hard on the instances where they mentioned something they really love or recall all my observations on the gift that they would really love and use.

Well there you go, I told you it's not really a secret haha. But I do hope you find another "Light Bulb" idea while reading my post.

Happy Holidays!

'til next post.

Ciao,

Maddie <3