Momnesia The Book

10 Signs You Have Momnesia This Holiday Season

1. You forget to buy turkey at the market and end up preparing a chicken nugget holiday dinner.

 

2. Right before the church service you realize you forgot to shower, so you lick a candy cane and smear it on your skin for a fresher smell.

 

3. At work you discover you’re wearing your kids’ holiday stockings instead of socks.

 

 

4. You forget to buy a gift for your child’s teacher, and give her your used Starbucks card with a $13.47 balance.

 

5. You accidentally mail the wrong gift to your nine-year-old nephew...the wrong gift being the edible underwear gag gift for your husband.  

 

 

6. You tie jingle bells to your nursing bra to keep yourself awake.

 

7. You wrap a bazillion gifts, a week later to realize none of them have tags.  

 

 

8. About 25 minutes into the “Meet Santa” line at the mall it hits you: You only came to make a quick exchange at Old Navy. Your kids aren’t even with you.

 

9. After losing the shopping list, you end up using diaper sticky tabs to tape the wrapping paper.

 

 

10. You have no idea whose name you pulled in the family’s Secret Santa gift exchange.

Holiday Tip #2

Here's a classic Momnesia move. 

Your friend sends you an electronic gift certificate for the holidays. 

You receive it and are pleased. You make a *mental* note (BAD MOVE) to save the certificate and print it out later. But guess what? You actually forget about it...

Fast forward to February. Suddenly you remember about the electronic gift certificate. Where it is? Did you delete it? File it? Print it? You have NO idea - and you can't find it anywhere!

You *really* want that thing. It was a substantial amount of money to a site that you really like.  

Then you remember something else: You never even thanked your friend for the gift. 

So now you either (a) just forget the whole thing. (Ugh!) Or (b) write a note to your friend saying, "Thank you for the gift certificate you send me two months ago. Could you possibly resend it?"

Either way, not ideal. 

So Holiday Tip #2: If you get a gift certificate over e-mail reply right away with a thank you. And spend the money that instant! Preferably on some memory-enhancing vitamins.