lead by example..

My mom is one of those annoying people that has their Christmas shopping done by the 4th of July....

and as irritating as that is to people like me that always seem to be in the "last minute boat", I think we can all learn from her example of buying me presents.  

Here are two excellent examples of how you can wrap and display my gifts (although feel free to not use an ENTIRE roll of tape on each one like my mother does). 

No need to feel limited to just two gifts, the more the merrier. (I'm so punny!) There was actually a third gift I spotted with my name on it...but it written to "Andrew and Sandy", which was probably just to make Andy feel good, but still, I feel that is a bad precedent.

She sometimes likes to throw in what I call a "decoy present" which is simply a present to someone other than me.  I don't recommend or condone this practice.  Seems like a waste of time, effort, energy, etc.  

Time to get your shopping on....