So far behind I feel like I'm ahead !

Here we are pushing Mid-October. The leaves are changing, the temperatures are failing and there is no doubt that we are into Fall. My problem isn't with the leaves or even the temperatures but somewhere along the line I have fallen behind. Specifically I am used to having my Christmas shopping 90% done by Mid-September and I have barely started this year. This is not the problem that it would have been a couple years back as we used to give our children several smaller gifts. This looked marvelous around the tree but we found that there were some gifts that were not as popular as others and were still unopened well into the new year. We also found that our kids had all that they wanted in that price range but really wanted things in a higher price range. The massive clutter around here , though was the final decision maker. Two years ago we decided to only buy each kid one or two gifts but to keep our price range the same.This has worked out well, so now instead of having to shop for several gifts I simply have to buy a couple per child. This could realistically be accomplished in a day or two , so why don't I just go out and do it ? Hmmmm that is a good question. Perhaps I am so far behind that I feel like I'm ahead. Yes I will stick with that !