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Plan Ahead for a Low-Stress Holiday


Shop when no one else does. Take off a midweek morning and shop the malls when they open. Or don't shop at all. Make certificates for friends and family entitling them to a movie, dinner or other treat with you whenever they wish. Shop online day or night.



From How to Organize (Just About) Everything by Peter Walsh Copyright © 2004 by Weldon Owen Inc. Reprinted by permission of Free Press, a Division of Simon & Schuster, Inc, NY.