Routine Order

I know, Christmas still seems far away, and that is precisely the reason why you should start shopping now. Starting now will give you the time to hunt for the best deals, and wait for the right price - before the whole world crowds the mall. The most difficult part of Christmas shopping is, of course, deciding what to buy. If you’re short in this department, check out these Christmas gift ideas. The true measure of a list of ideas is ideas for Christmas gifts for boyfriends and males. It is easy enough to pick gifts for girls, but girls must find it difficult to pick gifts for boys. The gifts I get from women are usually “nice” but I’d love something more practical. The more impractical a gift is, the more women seem to appreciate it But I guess it is just different for us.

Shopping for Christmas gifts in September reminds me of the December Effect in stock markets. Thing is, a few people caught on that buying shares in Decembers and selling them in January or February can be profitable since stock prices go up a little at the beginning of a new year. So not long after, some started buying stocks in November, since they expected the December Effect buying to increase prices. That then meant that some started buying stocks in October, and so on, till the December Effect all but vanished! But even if everyone starts thinking like me, there will still be the advantage that I have more time to decide what to buy and to wait for the right prices.

I often find myself racking my brain for gift ideas. Here’s a cool idea. Everytime I see one of these photo pendants in a movie, I so desperately want to get one, or better still - give one. I went to Spider-man III yesterday and in the movie a little girl gives her dad a photo pendant - one with a lid, oval in shape - you get the point. Well, I thought it would be really cool as a gift for a friend who became a dad in February this year.


Searching online led me to this custom photo jewelry website that specializes in such stuff. They look like a brick-and-mortar shop that is venturing online. So I said, what the heck, lets give them a call. Turns out they are nice little family run business - I will take one of those over a huge corporate giant any day. I ended up ordering the oval photo locket - for my friend. Now I can’t wait to get it. I just wish it had a small door, or lid, but the ones with the lid are heart-shaped and I felt that would be taking the gift too far. Soon after I ordered, I got an email requesting the photo, and I had to reply with the photo. I’m hoping I can get it within the week.