Last night, one of my college boys said to me with a sly grin, "Mom, don't look under the table in my room." Dude, it's only Dec. 4. This means that Dad and the bigs have already been talking about and shopping for gifts for me. Usually they wait exactly 20 days from now (since there's nothing else going on that day?!?!). 

Now I'm curious about what they've been up to, but I won't ruin the surprise by looking under the table. I'm a Christmas morning girl! 

 

Assuming the lovies in your life haven't started shopping for you yet (seriously, mine never start this early!) I wanted to be sure you saw this:

It's an impressive list of ideas with ideas in all price ranges - so forward it on to your people with love. And yes, I know that many of us don't care about getting anything for Christmas as we simply enjoy giving to our loved ones. But Matt and I like to teach our kids to give too. It's been very special through the years to watch Matt teach our boys to think about what Mom would like to find under the tree. And now here some of them are thinking about what their girlfriends might like. See? The training worked. :)