The Day After...

It's over! The turkey's been stuffed and so have you. Many people find pleasure in cramming themselves in the "after-Thanksgiving" sales racks while others are content to relaxing and watching movies with the relatives who have stuck it out for the long weekend. Lucky you!...While my idea of Friday after turkey day is much more boring, clean out some closets, pull some weeds, file some piles...alas, I have found a better way to spend today and the rest of this weekend and it involves relaxing, accomplishment and, a bit of time away from the loved ones...
This year try getting some early Christmas shopping done online. I have found two great sites to help you locate the most "exquisite throw" grandma will ever see or feel. Or even the perfect digital camera for the nephew who is just learning to experiment with electronics. This year, one of my favorite sites is personalshopper.com. What's really fantastic about this site is that they too, like the gift of giving and have made shopping online super easy. There are hundreds of suggestions. You can even buy gift cards online from some of the biggest names out there. How easy is that?
Another favorite is 2modern.com. This site has great gifts, big and small for the modern guy or gal in your life. There is even an area for your eco-conscious friends.
Speaking of the eco-peeps in your life. How about donating a dinero or two in their name at places like Surfrider Foundation, Greenpeace or even Charity Navigator.org. Charity Navigator has hundreds of online ways to support wildlife in areas around the globe. You choose an area of interest for "giver" and there is bound to be a site in need. Your green friends will be green with envy that they didn't think of this gift first...
Either way, don't stress yourself out any more than cooking the turkey did, put on the tea pot, grab the "comfy's" and sit down in front of your computer for some good "new" fashioned holiday shopping.